单词 | hand-reading |
释义 | > as lemmashand-reading hand-reading n. = palm-reading n. and adj. (a) at palm n.2 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] palmistryc1450 chiromancya1529 palm-reading1860 hand-reading1867 chirognomy1868 1867 A. R. Craig Bk. of Hand 31 In obedience to the stern dictates of the hand-reading art. 1960 C. Storr Marianne & Mark ii. 29 She asked if I wanted the cards or the crystal or a hand reading. 2010 S. Baumbach in M. Hattaway New Compan. Eng. Renaissance Lit. & Culture I. xxxvii. 588 Physiognomy was..reduced to its ancillary disciplines: chiromancy or palmistry (hand-reading), and metoposcopy. < as lemmas |
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