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▪ I. palmful, n.|ˈpɑːmfʊl|
[f. palm n.2 + -ful 2.]
A quantity that fills the palm of the hand; as much as the palm will contain.
1812W. Tennant Anster F. i. iii. 6 Some little palmfuls of the blessed dew. 1823Lamb Elia, Old Benchers Inner Temple, He took it not by pinches, but a palmful at once. a1861T. Winthrop John Brent (1883) xxii. 194 They took their water by the throatful, not by the palmful. 1940C. H. Warren Corn Country 3 He pulled out a palmful of unprepared flour.
▪ II. palmful, a. rare.|ˈpɑːmfʊl|
[f. palm n.1 + -ful 1.]
Full of or abounding in palm-trees.
a1618Sylvester Job Triumphant 67 Neer wher Idume's dry and sandy soil Spreads palmful forests. |