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Palm   /pɑm/  /pɑlm/   Listen
Palm

noun
1.
The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.  Synonym: thenar.
2.
A linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand.
3.
Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves.  Synonym: palm tree.
4.
An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.  Synonyms: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, ribbon.
verb
(past & past part. palmed; pres. part. palming)
1.
Touch, lift, or hold with the hands.  Synonym: handle.



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"Palm" Quotes from Famous Books



... belonging to two different generations, repeatedly put forth all their powers in defence of the bill. The House of Commons heard Pitt for the last time, and Burke for the first time, and was in doubt to which of them the palm of eloquence should be assigned. It was indeed a splendid ...
— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 1 • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... trial of power formerly they relate that the great Socrates deserved the palm."—Cornet. Gallus, Ep., ...
— The Essays of Montaigne, Complete • Michel de Montaigne

... the world to do a certain work, and that while he is useful for that work he is not likely to be sent away from it. This was, perhaps, only an effect of temperament, although he found himself often trying to palm it off on ...
— The Dictator • Justin McCarthy

... Patty; I'll write them all down most explicitly. And then I want a scarf, a very long one, cream-coloured ground, with a Persian border in blues and greys. But not a palm-leaf border—I mean that queer stencilled sort of a design; I'll draw a pattern of it so you ...
— Patty in Paris • Carolyn Wells

... or twenty-five pounds, and containing a number of kernels, which are eaten, not only by monkeys, but also by men—the clove, camphor, and cocoa-tree, the cinnamon and tea bush, etc. We also saw a very peculiar kind of palm-tree: the lower portion of the trunk, to the height of two or three feet, was brown and smooth, and shaped like a large tub or vat; the stems that sprang from this were light green, and like the lower part, very smooth, and at the same time shining, as if varnished; they were not very high, and ...
— A Woman's Journey Round the World • Ida Pfeiffer


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