PALM


Meaning of PALM in English

vt to handle.

2. palm ·noun the flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

3. palm ·add. ·vt to "grease the palm" of; to bribe or tip.

4. palm ·noun any endogenous tree of the order palmae or palmaceae; a palm tree.

5. palm ·vt to impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means;

— usually with off.

6. palm ·noun a branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.

7. palm ·vt to manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.

8. palm ·noun any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy.

9. palm ·noun the inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

10. palm ·noun a metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, — used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, ·etc.

11. palm ·noun the broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer;

— so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.

12. palm ·noun a lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand;

— used in measuring a horse's height.

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