Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having palmate antlers, as a deer: chiefly a poetical expression, with reference to the European stag.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having or bearing a palm or palms.
- adjective (Zoöl.) a stag of full growth, bearing palms. See 1st
Palm , 4.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
palm . - adjective zoology Having or bearing a palm or palms.
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Examples
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God's Word Paul here terms the "Word of truth"; that is, the true Word of God and not our own misconstrued, falsified word palmed off as God's Word.
Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Martin Luther 1514
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Their faces light up with delight when they find that I have "palmed" a piece of candy or gum.
MAIL CALL 2007
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In fact he took occasion to use his hands in such manner that I could see there was nothing concealed about them, that he "palmed" nothing, and that he made no exchange.
The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life Arthur Cheney Train 1910
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Only Mr. Narkom, used to the ways of his famous associate, saw that he had "palmed" it into his pocket.
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897
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Dropping among the rest the one he had "palmed," he soon picks it up again, whereat three loud "raps" are heard.
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During this time, however, he has dexterously "palmed" one of the ballots, which -- while telling the investigator to be patient, as the spirits would doubtless soon come -- he opens with his left hand, on his knee, under the edge of the table.
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"Gaines, being left-handed, jumped up, caught that ball with one hand, kind of palmed it, brought it back and slammed it.
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"Gaines, being left-handed, jumped up, caught that ball with one hand, kind of palmed it, brought it back and slammed it.
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"Gaines, being left-handed, jumped up, caught that ball with one hand, kind of palmed it, brought it back and slammed it.
chicagotribune.com - 2010
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Naturally, I assumed she was going to kill Frank, but discovering that she palmed that knife so she could threaten him into killing her is even better.
Mark Blankenship: Big Love Wife Watch!: Season 5, Ep. 6 Mark Blankenship 2011
Louises commented on the word palmed
The van's rear door opened and the Hunter palmed the cage's lock. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
March 27, 2012