-trē, -tri noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English pawmestry, probably from paume palm + maistrie mastery — more at palm , mastery
1. : the art or practice of reading a person's character or aptitudes and especially his past and possible future from the general character and shape of his hands and fingers and the lines, Mounts, and marks on the palms — called also chirognomy, chiromancy
2. : dexterity or trickery (as pocket picking) involving use of the hands