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palmn.1 Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin palma; French palme. Etymology: Originally < classical Latin palma (see below); subsequently reinforced by Anglo-Norman palme, paulme, paume and Old French, Middle French paume (c1135), pame, palme (both 13th cent.; French palme ) < classical Latin palma palm tree, leaf or branch from a palm tree, especially one placed in the hands of the victor in a contest, victory, a transferred use of palma palm of the hand (see palm n.2). Compare Portuguese palma (13th cent.), Spanish palma (a1250), Catalan palma (1284), Old Occitan, Occitan palma (c1350), Italian palma (early 14th cent.).In Old English variously as a strong masculine (palm, pealm), a weak masculine (palma, pealma, pælmæ), and (in Northumbrian) a weak feminine (pælme); a similar variety in declensions is evident from the forms borrowed into other Germanic languages, compare Middle Dutch palme, feminine (Dutch palm), Old Saxon palma, weak or strong feminine (Middle Low German palm, palme, masculine), Old High German palma, weak or strong feminine (Middle High German palme, weak or strong feminine, or weak masculine, palm, strong masculine, German Palme, feminine), Old Icelandic pálmr, strong masculine, pálma, weak feminine. 1. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > palm-tree the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > palm tree eOE (Mercian) (1965) xci. 11 (13) Iustus ut palma florebit : se rehtwisa swe swe palma bloweð. OE (Northumbrian) xii. 13 Acceperunt rames palmarum et processerunt obuiam ei : genomon..tuicgo ðara palmana &..foerdon togægnes him. OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf (1927) 65 Quasi palma exalta sum : suælce pælm' ahefen am. OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxv. 234 Se palm is sigebeacen. c1300 St. Thomas Apostle (Laud) 113 in C. Horstmann (1887) 379 (MED) A ȝeord of palm cam in is hond..Þe ȝeord was ful of Dates. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxiii. 40 Ȝe sholyn take..þe braunchis of palmys [a1425 L.V. palm trees]. tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vi. 91 (MED) The palme ek now men setteth forth to stonde. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xci. 12 The rightwis as palme sall floryss. 1535 Judges iv. 5 She dwelt vnder ye palme of Debbora betwene Rama & Bethel. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda i. xxiv. f. 61v There was nothing els but Cocos and Melasus [Port. jagra], which is a certeine kinde of Sugar made of Palmes or Date trees. 1658 N. Billingsley ii. 13 It is the earth doth norish The never fading Palms; the beautious Firre Streight as an arrow; and the red'lent Myrrhe. 1715 J. Barker Exilius in (1719) II. ii. 228 Long Rows of Vines, Palms, and Orange-Trees, great Plenty of Figs, Dates, and all Sorts of delicious Fruit. 1746 J. Thomson Summer in (new ed.) 81 And from the Palm to draw its freshening Wine! 1829 T. Castle 175 The tribe of palms is an entirely natural and very distinct order, constituted by families of lofty plants with very peculiar frondose tops. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in (new ed.) II. 108 Breadths of tropic shade and palms in cluster, knots of Paradise. 1927 G. Ade et al. 4 Mar. (1973) 118 We went to a most attractive tourist hotel above the town..surrounded by palms and tropical plants. 1990 21 Nov. 26/4 Palms are elegant plants but rarely considered outdoors because they are tender. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 6 (MED) The pece þat wente ouerthwart, to the whiche his hondes weren nayled to, was of palme. 1846 J. Lindley 134 Palm walking-sticks (under the name of Penang lawyers) are..extensively used in England. 1875 J. H. Pollen 28 The wood veneered or inlaid with marquetry or tarsia work of ivory, ebony, box, palm. 1883 I. L. Bird in J. M. Gullick (1993) 4 The uprights are of palm. 1999 3 July 50/3 The woods used by the Greeks were ebony, cypress.., maple, palm, cut transversely for veneer, lotus and citron. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms 1681 N. Grew ii. i. i. 184 The Country-People tap the Wine-Palm about two feet above the ground. 1731 P. Miller I. at Palma The Date Palm is of very slow Growth with us, but is easily produc'd from Seeds, taken out of the Fruit. 1731 P. Miller I. at Palma The Oily Palm grows in great Plenty on the Coast of Guiney. 1772–84 J. Cook (1790) I. 199 A few plants, gathered from the cabbage-palm, which had been mistaken for the cocoa-tree. 1820 J. Crawfurd I. 383 The Sago Palm (Metroxylon sagu). 1870 J. Yeats 102 Of the many species of palms, the date and the cocoa-nut palm are the most distinctive. 1909 8 Jan. 9/2 Over 1,000 Kentia palms from the South Sea Islands. 1983 C. King tr. W. Lötschert & G. Beese 36 The Sealing-wax Palm is one of the most beautiful and ornamental palms in tropical gardens... It is a graceful feather-palm with a..trunk up to 10m high. 2. society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > other tokens of the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > palm leaf or branch society > faith > artefacts > lay garments > items of attire > [noun] > palm-leaf society > faith > artefacts > pilgrim's garb > items of attire > [noun] > token > palm-leaf OE Assumption of Virgin (Corpus Cambr. 41) in H. L. C. Tristram (Ph.D. diss., Freiburg) (1970) 129 Maria..genam ðone palman þone þe hio of ðæs engles handa onfeng and eode in oliuete ða dune. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 89 (MED) Ðet folc com togenes him mid blostmen and mid palmes. c1384 (Royal) Apoc. vii. 9 I siȝe a greet company..and palmes in the hondis of hem. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 20161 (MED) Tak þis palme her in þi hand. 1451–1500 (c1400) 419 (MED) A palme in his hande he hadde, And in a sclaven was he cladde. c1500 (?a1475) (1896) 1174 Hauyng in her hande the palme of vyctory. 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in (1899) i. metr. vi. 16 Nor seake not thou with gredy hand The springy Palmes [L. vernos palmites] to weld. a1605 A. Montgomerie viii. 10 About his temple tuyn Ȝour laurell leivis with palmis perfytly plet. 1611 Rev. vii. 9 A great multitude..clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands. View more context for this quotation 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 25 in In the publique Games of Greece, Palm was made the sign and reward of Victory. a1684 J. Evelyn anno 1645 (1955) II. 387 The Pops benediction of the Confalone or Standard, & giving the hallowed palmes. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in 63 And Mars..With Palm and Laurel shall adorn his Knight. 1759 A. M. Toplady (1860) 96 Each a Palm sustain'd In his victorious Hand. 1764 T. Harmer x. iv. 155 Baskets made of rushes, or palm, are the cheese-vats of Barbary. 1819 W. Scott I. viii. 157 The fair sovereign..by whose white hand the palm is to be distributed. 1851 J. M. Neale 23 Met Thee with Palms in their hands that day the folk of the Hebrews. 1871 C. Kingsley II. xii. 170 A roomy timber house, beautifully thatched with palm. 1923 C. Mackenzie x. 121 Everyone will be singing for ever and ever and waving palms and playing harps and all that. 1990 C. Paglia iv. 103 Are the palms of Jesus' march on Jerusalem a version of Dionysian thyrsi, potent pine wands? the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] c1380 G. Chaucer 240 With the palm [v.r. pame] of martirdom Ye shullen come vn to his blisful feste. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) iv. 1882 (MED) Malys and envie I-serid hath þe palme of chiualrie. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine 382 b/2 He callyd clemente fro the bottom of the see to the palme of vyctorye. a1500 (?c1440) J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (Lansd.) 105 in (1934) ii. 543 (MED) No man..dar put hym silf in pres Withouten hors..To atteyn the palme of tryumphal guerdoun. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece (1821) II. 61 Quhat excellent palme of glore wes abiding thaim gif thay..dang their ennimes. 1602 B. Jonson v. iii. sig. Mv It still hath beene a worke of as much Palme..as t' inuent, or make. View more context for this quotation ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer xxiii. 321 Actors sonnes..bore The palme at horse race. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil 100 In Peace t' enjoy his former Palms and Pains. View more context for this quotation 1745 E. Haywood II. ix. 191 To her the Palm..must necessarily be due. 1781 E. Gibbon II. xvii. 33 As an orator, he disputed the palm of eloquence with Cicero himself. 1847 C. Brontë 24 Dec. (1995) I. 584 For sterling worth Amelia no doubt bears away the palm. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato I. 145 He cannot make a speech—in this he yields the palm to Protagoras. 1946 S. T. Felstead v. 47 Of all the horrifying spectacles I ever witnessed..the palm must go to Diavolo, the man who looped the loop. 1997 Sept. 113/3 I am inclined to give the palm of victory to Everton. society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > specific symbols > plants 1918 Nov. 30 War Cross (Croix de Guerre), instituted 1915; awarded to any one, military or civil, who has been cited in the Order of the Day-citation in Army orders brings the cross with palm... A palm of silver represents five bronze palms. 1977 C. Hillier tr. G. Simenon vi. 81 A croix de guerre with three palms and the military medal. 1986 J. B. Hilton vii. 64 [She] holds the Croix de Guerre with stars and palm. 3. society > faith > artefacts > consumables > palm frond > [noun] the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > branch or bud of society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > palm-play OE Ælfric (Royal) (1997) xiv. 297 Nu sceole we healdan urne palm, oð þæt se sangere onginne þone offringsang. OE (Tiber.) (1993) xxxvi. 73 Dehinc, pueris inchoantibus antiphonas..destribuantur ipse palmę : þaræfter cildum ongynnendum antefnas..beon gedælede þa palman. a1325 (?c1300) in (1913) 109 (MED) Lewede þt bereþ palm an honde..nuteþ what palm ys tonderstonde. a1450 f. 52 For encheson we have non olyfe þat beruth grene leves, we takon in stede of hit hew [read yew] and palmes wyth, and beruth abowte on procession, and so þis day we callyn Palme Sonnenday. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) v. 312 The folk of the cuntre Assemblit at the kirk vald be,..thar palmys to bere. 1530 J. Palsgrave 251/2 Palme, the yelowe that groweth on wyllowes. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Compoundes f. 40, in Woolly knottes, growing upon Sallowes, commonly called Palmes. 1669 J. Worlidge 274 (Gloss.) Palms, the white Excrescencies of Buds of Sallyes or Withy, coming before the Leaf. 1779 Dec. 580/1 [Yew-trees in East Kent are] to this day universally called palms. 1820 J. Clare 62 Ye leaning palms, that seem to look Pleased o'er your image in the brook. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 222 in A robe... In colour like the satin-shining palm On sallows in the windy gleams of March. 1896 A. E. Housman x. 18 Afield for palms the girls repair, And sure enough the palms are there. 1933 A. W. Boyd (1946) i. 19 The golden male catkins of the sallow—the ‘within’ of the Cheshire countryman and the ‘palm’ of the children—were visited by many hive-bees and humble-bees. 1967 251 On Palm Sunday everyone had to go off and pick what they call ‘palm’, a low growing bush..everyone would wear the palm in their coat and it would be off to church. 1996 R. Mabey 32/1 The use of yew branches as ‘palm’ was certainly practised. the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch 1559 W. Cuningham 201 Couered with leaues and palmes of trees. the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who is distinguished or notable a1525 Ballat Our Lady in W. A. Craigie (1925) II. 271 Princes [= princess] of pess, and palme Imperiale. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. i. 11 You shall see him a Palme in Athens againe, And flourish with the highest. View more context for this quotation 1860 J. W. Warter II. 350 Hear what the palm and prince of Knighthood said. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. 1871 J. Orton 203 We had to wait..two days for the Indians to prepare their chicha for the journey and to cover the canoes with palm awnings. 2000 (Nexis) 15 Aug. 24 There were 350 diners crammed in under the palm awnings—and almost everyone was speaking English. 1853 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer 440 He can for a small impost become the possessor of a couple of acres of land, on which he builds his hut of palm bark and palm leaves. 1999 C. Arnold 1 He scrabbles through the stones, and can even scale The flaked palm-bark. the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > palm leaf or branch 1606 B. Jonson sig. E2 They were crowned with wreathes of Palme, and in their hands, each of them sustain'd a Palm-bough. 1856 W. Morris Churches N. France in Feb. 109/1 Then martyrs come, bearing their palm-boughs. 2001 (Nexis) 9 June 1 e Mitchell's monkeys are playful..going about their monkey business in the palm boughs. 1801 R. Southey I. iii. 133 As patiently the old Man Intwines the strong palm-fibres. 1946 A. P. Bentall 445 At least five different fibres are obtained..including one..which is exported in considerable quantities..for the manufacture of brushes, under the name of ‘tal-coir’ or ‘palm fibre’. 1981 T. C. Whitmore in F. B. Hora 259/2 Palm fibers important in world trade are piassaba..and raffia. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine xv. xxvii. 570 Some thinke they [sc. Bees] doe not ingender, but fetch their issue..from the Palme-flowre. 1870 13 Jan. 295/2 The odour of palm-flowers often resembles that of mignonette. 1990 D. Attenborough iii. 62 In Madagascar, geckos lap nectar from palm flowers. a1854 J. Kitto (1865–6) 326/1 This would dictate the necessity of making that destined to sustain the vast bulk of Og, rather of rods of iron than of the mid-ribs of the palm-fronds. 1875 7 215 To the left of the water battery are a number of sheds roofed with palm fronds. 1992 Sept. 7 As a shredder the Kemp quickly turns all your garden throwouts..even palm fronds, into a finely shredded mulch. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > assemblage of palms 1781 R. E. Raspe tr. G. E. Lessing i. i. 4 For many days past he has not resorted to the palm-grove at the Saviour's tomb. 1856 A. P. Stanley (1858) ii. 145 From the palmgroves,..came the name of Phenicia or ‘the Land of Palms’. 2000 C. Hanger 44 The country boasts many hectares of palmeraie (palm groves) which are particularly spectacular across the High Atlas mountains. 1849 H. Melville i. lxxxiv. 296 Jellies of guava; confections of the treacle of palm sap; and many other dainties. 1992 J. Hamilton-Paterson iii. i. 93 They fed on papayas and drank the palm sap being tapped to make toddy. 1849 J. H. Balfour §97 The outer part of a Palm Stem is the hardest and densest, and after acquiring a certain degree of solidity, it resists all further distension. 1980 46 203 The inner system of vascular bundles is found to have the simple basic design of that of a ‘typical’ palm stem. 1850 H. Melville 372 She..besought me to spend my last night under her own palm-thatch. 1897 M. Kingsley 175 It had a certain amount of palm-thatch roof. 1990 J. Updike i. 84 The air tastes of salt, of rotting palm thatch, of swamp. 1842 R. H. Barham St. Medard in 2nd Ser. 202 The heat of his back, As he lean'd on a palm-trunk, blasted the tree! 1907 19 Jan. 10/1 A glance upward shows the noise to come from a withered palm... You shiver, for it sounds like someone you cannot see coming down the palm-trunk. 1990 Autumn 21/1 Another specimen of H. siamica is growing up an old palm trunk, not an unusual feat as many are semi-epiphytic. OE 69 Hie naman blowende palmtwigu. c1225 ( Ælfric Gloss. (Worcester) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 545 Palmtwig. 1825 J. M. Good (ed. 2) V. 329 A wicker basket of palm twigs. 1994 (Nexis) 30 May 22 Palm twigs are actually used as broom fiber in tropical countries. 1683 (Royal Soc.) 13 206 Fig. 17. Is a piece of Palm wood, drawn by the same Magnifying Glass that the Mauritius Ebony Wood was. 1859 J. H. Ingraham i. xii. 207 We came to a beautiful door facing the great court. It was of palm-wood, carved with devices of branches and flowers. 2003 (Nexis) 25 Aug. 128 The booth..has a minimalist feel with a two-story glass tower..and a palm wood floor. b. Instrumental, objective, similative, etc. 1552 R. Huloet Palme bearynge, palmifer, palmiger. 1636 J. Trussell in sig. B2 Carnivalls, Palme and Rush-bearing, harmlesse Whitson-ales. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid 297 Palm-bearing Araby. 1995 48 71 A palm-bearing crowd repeating the antiphon ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord’. 1805 J. Grahame (ed. 2) 33 How sweet the tinkle of the palm-bower'd brook! 1798 H. Macneill (1806) II. 161 The Cabbage rears its regal head Owre palm-crowned hill. 1896 Dec. 684/2 The Captain through his glass watched the small boat round the low, palm-crowned curve of the island. 1998 (Nexis) 27 Sept. 12 A dream world, fringed with palm-crowned islets and moss-draped live oaks beside the Gulf of Mexico. 1928 H. Crane 31 Jan. (1965) 314 The great palm-flanked arena of Angelus Temple. 2003 (Nexis) 22 Mar. As the president's plane approached the palm-flanked M'Poko airport, rebels shot at it, so he turned and fled. 1850 C. Kingsley I. viii. 122 Before them was the low and palm-fringed shore, Behind, the outer ocean's baffled roar. 1991 5 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 62 (advt.) There's a dazzling array of paradise islands, palm-fringed beaches, azure waters, coral reefs. 1848 P. J. Bailey (ed. 3) 248 The palm-graced pilgrims of truth's holy land. 2001 (Nexis) 1 June 2 Residents of this palm-graced paradise were caught completely off guard that infamous December day in 1941. 1896 8 Oct. 6/1 We saw before us..the broad Nile with its palm-lined banks. 1995 20 Feb. 52/1 The palm-lined patio at the elegant La Ferminia restaurant in suburban Flores. 1735 J. Thomson 10 Beneath the rural Portal, Palm-o'erspread, The Father-Senate met. 1598 R. Tofte To Gentleman in sig. A3 Whilst thou thy Noble House noblest indeede..through thy Palme-rising Fame. 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in 170 In her wide imagination stood Palm-shaded temples, and high rival fanes. 1983 J. Hobhouse (1984) 217 Tables set out night-club style on the long palm-shaded dock. 1834 R. M. Bird i. i. 31 The palm-thatched sheds of the sick, and some heaps of military stores..were the only evidences of life. 1993 Summer 25/1 The Lacandon compound where we stayed was made up of five chosas, palm-thatched roofs supported by poles without sides. C2. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > bussu palm > leaf or spathe 1681 N. Grew ii. 185 The Palm-Net or Bag..Originally, entire, like a taper'd Bag commonly call'd Hippocrates's Sleive..'Tis naturally sewed or woven together with admirable Art..Another Palm-Sack or Net, almost a yard long. 1884 W. Miller 102/1 Palm-bark-tree, Melaleuca Wilsoni. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. II. (at cited word) Palm-borer. 1926 E. O. Essig xxiii. 437 The California palm borer, Dinapate wrighti Horn, is the largest known member of the family,..endemic only in small areas where the native fan palm still grows under natural conditions. 2003 (Nexis) 25 Jan. 15 The beetle palm borer has spread to North Queensland from Papua New Guinea and is devastating palms throughout the region. the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > other types 1902 D. G. Hogarth 141 Stony slopes..only at very rare intervals relieved by palm bottoms. the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > palm leaf or branch a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1969) Ecclus. l. 14 So aboute hym þei stooden as palm braunchis. 1535 Neh. viii. 15 Go vp vnto ye mount and fetch Olyue braunches, Pynebraunches, Myrtbraunches, Palme~braunches. 1807 J. Robinson iii. xx. 319 The token of victory was commonly a palm-branch. 1990 T. Ruprecht 233 During the synagogue service, a palm branch, myrtle twigs and willow branches are held in the right hand. the world > food and drink > food > fat or oil > [noun] > vegetable oil or margarine society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > palm oil 1848 S. S. Ball 7 The palm tree grows spontaneously, out of which is produced the palm oil, the palm wine, the palm cabbage, and the palm butter. 1863 E. L. Youmans 350 What the Africans call palm oil, and know only as a liquid, we term palm butter, because in this country it is a solid. 1927 E. Lewis (1930) i. i. 35 He also brought palm butter from freshly boild [sic] palm nuts and we had palm oil Chop for breakfast. 2002 (Nexis) 28 Mar. l29 Palm butter..is another common ingredient in most West African cooking. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > palm-cabbage the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > palm-cabbage 1705 tr. W. Bosman xvi. 289 At the top grows a Fruit,..called Palm-Cabbage, because it hath a sort of Cabbagy taste. 1827 tr. L. Godin Voy. Mme Godin in tr. 321 They were fain to subsist on a few seeds, wild fruit, and the palm cabbage. 1972 J. W. Purseglove II. 443 The freshly cut terminal bud [of Cocos nucifera], known as palm cabbage, is considered a delicacy and may be eaten cooked or raw. 2002 (Nexis) 6 June a17 At least one of them [sc. hotels] takes credit cards, offering continental breakfasts to its guests rather than stewed goat and palm cabbages. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > family Viverridae > [noun] > genus Paradoxurus (palm-civet) 1849 R. Owen in IV. 911/1 These Indian Viverridae..are the least carnivorous of their family, their chief food consisting of the fruit of palm-trees, whence they have been called ‘Palm-cats’. 1859 J. E. Tennent I. ii. i. 144 The Palm-cat lurks by day among the fronds of the coco-nut trees, and by night makes destructive forays on the fowls. 1872 II. 737/2 Of the larger Carnivora [of Ceylon], the bear and Leopard; and of the smaller, the palm-cat and the glossy genette (the civet of Europeans) may be mentioned. 1904 at Palm Palm-cat,..the ocelot. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > family Viverridae > [noun] > genus Paradoxurus (palm-civet) 1862 J. Richardson et al. I. 77/1 It is an inhabitant of the isles of Borneo, Malacca, Sumatra, and the western parts of Java, where it is also known as the Palm-civet or Musang. 1951 Jan. 5/1 A luwak, or palm civet, with a banded tail. 1993 Aug. 80/4 Tony has some of the rare Kopi Luak—coffee that has been digested in the stomach of the palm civet. 1898 E. E. Morris 92 Palm C[ockatoo]—Microglossus aterrimus. 1943 C. Barrett 220 Few naturalists have observed the palm cockatoo in a wild state... A shy bird in its native haunts, it usually associates in pairs, frequenting the palm scrubs. 1998 15 Mar. (Travel section) 2/4 On one afternoon walk I saw..the magnificent black crest and red cheeks of a palm cockatoo. the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > deep red or crimson 1773 J. Bryant I. 327 The horse was of a Palm colour, which is a bright red. We call such horses bays. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Macrura > member of genus Birgus of Paguridae 1881 K. Semper Introd. 5 Diagram of the lungs and circulation of Birgus latro, the Palm Crab. 1979 (Nexis) 25 Nov. k1 The coconut crab, so called because that is what it eats..the tree crab and the palm crab because it climbs trees. 1585 (1939) I. 204 Of work he wrocht to him at the Palme fair lastwes. 1800 9 Apr. 119 At the Palm Fair, Ayr, on Tuesday last, an unusual number of woollen webs were brought to market. 1855 198 The carnival—Amusements at the fair—Curious procession—Palm fair—Whitsuntide—The Resurrection on Easter-night. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > cycads 1876 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel II. xvii. 110 Of the two classes of Gymnosperms just mentioned, that of the Palm Ferns [Ger. Palmfarne] (Zamiae, or Cycadeae) stands at the lowest stage, and is directly allied to ferns. 1895 E. Clodd (1900) v. 54 The cycads or palm-ferns, so called from their resemblance to palms, for which, with their crown of feathery leaves, they are often mistaken. 1909 Palm fern, a an Australian tree fern (Cyathea cunninghamii). 1989 (Nexis) 16 Feb. a18 The clay flask was buried under a metre of dirt and carefully wrapped in delicate palm fern leaves. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence (1816) I. x. 300 A friend of mine, who has resided a good deal in the West Indies, where the palm-grub is called Grugru, informs me that the late Sir John La Forey..was extremely fond of it when properly cooked. 1964 13 230/2 On occasion fried palm grubs from the tropics, conch stew, manatee steak, potted crow, or capybara graced the board. 2002 (Nexis) 23 Feb. (Features section) Large white palm grubs are found in the trunks of fallen sago and other palms. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > leaf vegetables > [noun] > palm-cabbage the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > palm-cabbage 1901 tr. C. G. O. Drude in 1193/1 From many species are cut out the soft terminal bud (heart), which is eaten as Palm salad.] 1938 M. K. Rawlings xx. 250 He sliced the palm-hearts thinly. 1976 1 June 6/3 We have found..tinned palm hearts and artichoke bottoms. 1995 D. Attenborough iv. 165 Palm trees..do not branch. They generate all their growth from the huge bud at their apex, the so-called palm-heart. the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > other syrups 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore II. 639/1 In Chili, a sweet syrup, called Miel de Palma, or Palm-honey, is prepared by boiling the sap of [the Coquito Palm] to the consistency of treacle. 1876 E. Cooper 133 Each tree yields ninety gallons of sap at a time, used for the preparation of palm-honey. 1995 C. B. Divakaruni (1997) 166 I sat at the feet of a woman with a smile sweeter han palm-honey. the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > greenhouse or glass-house > other types of glass-house or hothouse 1826 Apr. 190 M.S. Boudin..is in raptures with their lofty palm-house, its fine specimens of plantains, plants, tropical liliaceæ and epiphytes. 1947 D. Wyman 427 The palm house itself is 85 feet high. 1990 Autumn 6 (advt.) Why has the inspiring silhouette of palm crowns seen through the twinkling dome of Kew's famous Palm House disappeared for a quarter of a century? society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of 1853 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer 395 We fared sumptuously at a small table on the piazza of Madame C.'s palm-hut. 1930 R. Macaulay ii. 20 The forest would recede a little, and small clearings and plantations make themselves apparent.., with groups of palm huts dumped among them like bee~hives. 2001 15 Apr. ix. 4/3 A sprawling Balinese-style open-air restaurant..with palm huts, primitive wooden furniture and a kind of ‘Survivor’ appeal. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > cabbage or kale > cabbage > types of > other types of cabbage 1853 H. Stephens 90/1 ‘This plant,’ says Don, ‘is almost similar in habit to the palm kale.’ 1855 J. Ogilvie Palm-kale, a variety of the cabbage extensively cultivated in the Channel Islands. It grows to the height of 10 or 12 feet, and has much the aspect of a palm. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > oil palms > fruit or kernel of 1868 31 46 The cargoes consist principally of palm oil, together with small quantities of ivory, ebony, bar, and camwood, and of late years palm kernels. 1946 A. P. Bentall 448 Elaeis guineensis... The oil and the seeds are important commercial commodities, known as ‘palm oil’ and ‘palm kernels’ respectively. 1992 14 Aug. 52/1 The costs of..feeds such as maize gluten, rapeseed meal, palm kernel and soya is influenced by the strength of sterling. the world > food and drink > food > fat or oil > [noun] > vegetable oil or margarine society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > palm oil 1863 R. F. Burton I. 129 The Palm-kernel oil,..so fast becoming an important article of traffic, is of two kinds. 1939 (ed. 4) III. 243/1 Palm-kernel oil is white to pale yellow in colour and resembles coconut oil in composition.., appearance and odour. 1999 J. Elkington & J. Hailes iv. 165 There are two forms of ‘palm oil’... The first is palm-kernel oil, which comes from the kernels of the fruit. The second ‘palm oil’, comes from the fibrous fruit pulp. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > palm-lily 1884 W. Miller Cordyline, Club Palm, Palm-Lily. 1926 56 685/2 Cordyline Banksii: hauora,..palm-lily, slender cabbage-tree. 1986 J. Devanny 6 The blooming of the cabbage tree, or palm lily, which grew mostly along the banks of streams. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > family Viverridae > [noun] > genus Paradoxurus (palm-civet) 1827 E. Griffith et al. II. 412 The Palm Marten of M. Lechenault. 1840 E. Blyth in E. Blyth et al. 93 Only one species [of Paradoxurus] is known, the Pougonné of India.., termed Palm Marten by the French in India. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > bussu palm > leaf or spathe 1681 N. Grew ii. 185 The Palm-Net or Bag..Originally, entire, like a taper'd Bag commonly call'd Hippocrates's Sleive..'Tis naturally sewed or woven together with admirable Art..Another Palm-Sack or Net, almost a yard long. 1897 Mar. 339/1 As a rule they carried a woolly-haired infant slung behind their shoulders in a strip of palm-net. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > room adorned with plants or palm trees 1891 1 May 3/1 Grand Restaurant Tivoli... Suppers in the sumptious Palm-room till 12.30. 1930 E. Pound xxix. 137 ‘No not in the palm-room.’ The lady says it is Too cold in the palm-room. 1998 (Nexis) 24 Oct. 22 The trellis room has another gorgeous interior, much like the palm room. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > bussu palm > leaf or spathe 1681 N. Grew ii. 185 The Palm-Net or Bag..Originally, entire, like a taper'd Bag commonly call'd Hippocrates's Sleive..'Tis naturally sewed or woven together with admirable Art..Another Palm-Sack or Net, almost a yard long. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > soap > type of soap > specific 1821 18 Aug. 1/1 (advt.) Thomas S. Anners..offers for sale..Emolient Vegetable,..Palm,..Cocoanut Soaps. 1846 Lady Montefiore iv. 212 Palm soap, Castille soap..should always be preferred. 2002 (Nexis) 15 July 40 Grandmother is 80ish and hasn't got a single one [sc. wrinkle], despite the fact she's only ever used palm soap. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > other types of 1771 T. Pennant xxx. 287 Squirrel... Palm. 1831 1 viii. 103 The Palm Squirrel is very abundant in gardens in Dukhun. 1908 15 June 5/3 The workers [sc. white ants] are preyed upon by true ants and many other insects;..by rats, mice, and palm-squirrels. 1993 25 189/1 Occasionally, the small, omnivorous Three-striped Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) was observed feeding on figs. the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > trellis or framework 1926 M. Leinster v. 55 A large writing-desk and shelf of books,..and a blackwood palm-stand, were some of the surrounding objects. 1991 4 236/1 Twelve items including an inlaid cabinet, a pillow-seat settee and two chairs, an occasional table, a palm stand and music seat all to match. the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > [noun] > sugar > palm-sugar 1845 G. Law tr. J. B. Boussingault ii. 126 Palm sugar. The palm which in the southern parts of India furnishes crystallized sugar in large quantity, is the cleophora of Gaertner. 1937 M. Covarrubias vi. 125 The child is weaned after three birthdays.., when the mother puts a mixture of lime and palm-sugar to her nipples. 1995 28 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 50/1 Indonesian palm sugar..to sweeten rice, seafood and noodle soups. 1862 J. Richardson et al. I. 282/2 The Jamaica Palm Swift (Cypselus phœnicobius, regarded by M. Gosse, its first describer, as the type of a new genus which he denominates Tachornis. 1932 Jan. 24/2 The leaves of a palm-like tree afford nesting sites for the little grey palm-swift. 1990 D. Attenborough 148 The African palm swift..constructs its nest almost entirely from its saliva, moulding it into a tiny spoon-shaped structure. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > palm-wine 1857 D. Livingstone xxi. 411 The men..spend most of their time in drinking the palm-toddy. This toddy is the juice of the palm-oil tree..a sweet clear liquid, not at all intoxicating while fresh, but, when allowed to stand till the afternoon, causes inebriation. 1974 Dec. 754 A feast of marinated raw fish..was washed down with palm toddy. 1995 C. B. Divakaruni (1997) 43 Farmhands lying in the ditches, drunk on palm-toddy. the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > member of genus Lachesis (bush-master) 1896 (ed. 9) 646 Lachesis bilineatus (Wied). Two~lined Palm-Viper. Hab. South America. 1954 G. Durrell x. 183 One of the Palm Vipers has given birth to eleven young: about five inches long, ground colour pale slate grey with cross bands of dark ash grey, making wonderful contrast to vivid green and white mother. 1994 C. Berthier tr. R. Bauchot et al. 128/1 Arboreal species are predominant, like..the green-and-black palm viper (Bothriechis nigroviridis) and Schlegel's palm viper (Bothricehis schlegelii). 1828 C. L. Bonaparte II. 12 (heading) Palm Warbler. Sylvia Palmarum..is found during winter in Florida..and in other parts of the territory wherever the orange-tree is cultivated. 1917 5 49 On the 16th [April] the Palm Warbler arrived. 1987 (National Geographic Soc.) (ed. 2) 368 Palm Warbler... Breeding adult has chestnut cap, yellow eyebrow and throat.., and streaked breast and sides. 1890 Palm-wasp, a wasp, Polybius palmarum, which makes its nest in palms. 1853 (ed. 4) 355 It will be found to be a beautiful stearic acid or palm-wax, and is ready to be made into candles in the usual way. 1931 3 Apr. 14a/1 The film is stated to be more durable than that given by carnauba, the tropical palm wax most used in high-grade polishes. 2002 Aug. 70/2 He could..buff his palm-plank surfboard with carnauba palm wax. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence (1816) I. x. 300 The grub of the palm-weevil (Calandra Palmarum), which is the size of the thumb, has long been in request in both the Indies. 1952 27 440/1 Beetle grubs like lamellicorns, longicorns, and palm weevils. 1994 Aug. 65/1 His native Campa helpers would retrieve the palm weevils that flew into the net and..masticate them on the spot. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > other types of willow the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow 1869 May 570 The Murrayshall ladies..drove past him on Palm Sunday, on their way to ‘the Chapel’, with a bit of palm-willow in their hands. 1889 R. Jefferies 202 The palm-willow bears its yellow pollen. 1996 4 Apr. 24/4 Where there is water, there is palm willow or the Great Sallow. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > palm-wine 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten ii. 201/2 There was a great pot of Palme wine [Du. Wijn de Palma] brought forth. 1770 J. Banks 18 Sept. (1962) II. 153 We returned on board, having only just tasted their Palm wine..being the fresh and unfermented juice of the tree. 1832 W. Macgillivray xxii. 311 They found several inhabitants collecting palm-wine. 1994 June 33 He wishes someone would bring him a gourd of palm wine, a platter of imported fruits [etc.]. the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > willow and allies > [noun] > other types of willow the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants cultivated or valued for their many uses > [noun] > trees or shrubs having many uses > willow 1609 C. Butler vii. sig. I6v Palme-withies, or other trees whereon they [sc. bees] gather. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [noun] > order Chilopoda > member of > unspecified type 1706 (new ed.) Palm-Worm, an American Insect half a Foot long..remarkable for its infinite Number of Feet, and two Claws at Head and Tail, with which it wounds and poisons Men. 1855 July 200/1 Of equal value is the famous palm-worm of the West Indies. 1994 P. J. Gullan & P. S. Cranston i. 4/2 These fat legless grubs.., often called palmworms, provide one of the richest sources of animal fat. Derivatives 1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette sig. C2v Neither ambition, palme-like growing still, Nor lookes, nor policies, nor nightly feare Made him beware. 1678 H. Vaughan 68 Worth opprest mounts to a nobler height, And Palm-like bravely overtops the weight. 1820 P. B. Shelley iii. iii. 110 Distinct with column, arch, and architrave, And palm-like capital. 1992 18 July 13/3 The Nauruans also grew pandanus, palm-like trees used for fibres and food. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). palmn.2Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French palme. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman palme, paume and Old French, Middle French palme, paulme, paume (French paume ) palm of the hand (c1050), measure of length (c1100), kind of ball game (1373; compare paume n.) < classical Latin palma (also palmus ) palm of the hand (also applied to the underside of a webbed foot), the width of the palm as a measure < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek παλάμη palm of the hand, Early Irish lám hand (Irish lámh ), Welsh llaw hand, Old English folm , folme hand, palm of the hand, Old High German folma palm of the hand, ultimately < a differently extended form (-m- extension) of an ablaut variant (zero-grade) of the same Indo-European base as classical Latin plānus flat (see plain adj.2). Compare Portuguese palma (12th cent.), Spanish palma (a1250), Catalan palma (1372 or earlier), Old Occitan, Occitan palma (late 13th cent.; also Occitan pauma), Italian palma (early 14th cent.). 1. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > palm of α. c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Harl.) 235 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 500 (MED) Þreo rounde cerclen heo wrot in þe paume amidde; In þe tueye heo wrot Fader & Sone, & Holi Gost in þe þridde. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxvi. 67 Other ȝouen strokis with the pawm of hondis in to his face. c1400 (?c1380) (1920) 1533 (MED) Þer apered a paume, wyth poyntel in fyngres, Þat watz grysly and gret, and grymly he wrytes. a1450 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Caius 336/725) (1970) 28 (MED) Of þe armys & al þe hand as fro þe arme to þe pame & fyngris of þe hand. a1500 (Trin. Cambr.) 4306 (MED) Plain pawme of hande the swerde made entre. 1891 S. O. Addy 43 Come, keep thy paums off me! society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > sail-making > tools 1737 13 Aug. 3/1 Three Palms ready fitted Two Hundred Sail-Needles. 1769 W. Falconer Palm..is formed of a piece of leather or canvas, on the middle of which is fixed a round plate of iron..whose surface is pierced with a number of small holes, to catch the head of the sail-needle. The leather is formed so as to encircle the hand, and button on the back thereof, while the iron remains in the palm. 1840 R. H. Dana 466 Sailors..furnish..many of the instruments which they use in the ship's work, such as knives, palms and needles,..[&c.]. 1897 R. Kipling 108 Harvey spent his leisure hours..learning to use a needle and palm. 1943 18 Oct. 14/2 He wears a seaming and roping palm—a leather affair that looks like inverted brass knuckles. 1996 15 Jan. 14/7 He was a deft hand with the palm (leather glove) and needle used to sew the heavy canvas into a shroud around the body. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > parts of > other 1892 A. Conan Doyle Adventures Sherlock Holmes , in Feb. 143/1 I observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm of your left glove. 1951 R. T. Wilcox vii. 199 (caption) Leopard jacket belted with dark blue antelope—leopard gloves with antelope palms. 1990 Spring–Summer 646/2 (caption) Batting Gloves with leather palm, long pre-shaped finger rolls, [etc.]. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > length or breadth of hand a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xl. 12 Who mesurede with handful watris, & heuenes with þe pawme [a1425 L.V. spanne; L. palmo] peiside? c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Ezek. xl. 5 In hond of the man a ȝerd of mesure of sixe cubitis and a palme [a1425 L.V. a spanne, that is, an handibreede]; and he metid the breede of the beeldyng with oo ȝerd. c1450 (1905) II. 290 (MED) His face was in lenthe oderhalfe palme. 1485 W. Caxton tr. sig. liiijv/1 He had the face a cubyte brode, the nose a palme longe. c1500 (1895) 325 (MED) He..made his swerd to entre in his flesshe wel a palme deep. 1559 D. Lindsay Dreme in (1931) I. 23 Ane fute, four palmes..Ane palme, four inche. 1607 E. Topsell 219 The taile is not aboue two handes or palmes long. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 109 During that Triumuirate of Kings,..there was such a watch kept, that none of the Three, could win a Palme of Ground, but the other two, would straightwaies ballance it. 1772 78 The corpse..was..placed on a..scaffold, fifty-four palms high. 1776 W. Hamilton II. Pl. xiii (caption) The neapolitan palm is about 10 ½ inches English. 1801 A. Ranken I. i. v. 451 There was a circular window of five palms or three feet nine inches diameter. 1857 C. Gribble in (1858) 5 4 The Brazilian palm being reckoned at 8¾ inches, not 9 as generally supposed. 1932 R. Rodd ix. 152 The finding of a marble statue of Pompey, fifteen palms high, in the cellar of a house in the Via dei Leutari. 1995 (Nexis) 31 Dec. 42 The track ‘Moda da Mula Preta’..tells the tale of the mule seven palms high that is killed by the bite of a venomous snake. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > main stem of > flattened and expanded c1400 (?c1390) (1940) 1155 (MED) Þay let þe herttez haf þe gate, with þe hyȝe hedes, Þe breme bukkeþ also with hor brode paumez. 1590 T. Cokayne D j Diuers Buckes haue sundrie slots in their palmes. ?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer iv. 55 The forehead of the Gote, Held out a wondrous goodly palme that sixteene branches brought. 1627 J. Taylor sig. D2 A Buckes hornes are composed of Burre, Beame, Branch, Aduancer, Palme, & Spelter. 1697 (Royal Soc.) 19 490 The Stag or Red Deer..has Hornes round and branched, without a Palme. 1770 G. White Let. Mar. in (1789) 80 The horn of a male moose, which had..a broad palm with some snags on the edge. 1825 (Royal Soc.) 115 434 One specimen is particularly fine, displaying the broad expanded palms, with almost every antler and projecting point in a perfect state. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. 181 In the fourth year the horn terminates in an expansion termed the ‘palm’. 1902 2 164 Two antlers of the fallow deer.., consisting of the two lower tynes and a portion of the flattened palm, were found. 1986 17 Sept. 19/2 Current wisdom..says the antlers were used to show off because of their extravagant ‘palms’. 4. the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > toe or claw the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > (parts) of foot > quadruped > parts of the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > leg(s) > first joint when developed the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > monkey > parts of a1425 (?c1350) (1964) 2615 (MED) Þe lyoun hasted him ful hard..And with his pawm al rafe he downe Bath hauberk and his actoune, And al þe fless doun til his kne. c1440 (?a1400) 776 A blake bustous bere..With yche a pawe as a poste and paumes full huge. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) 17190 (MED) She hadde..Syxe handys..And tweyne..Wer the pawmys off A gryffoun. 1777 G. White (1970) x. 136 Flies have flat skinny palms, or soles to their feet, which enable them to walk on glass. 1790 Nat. Hist. in J. White App. 282 The animal walks on its whole palm, on which there is no hair. 1802 (Royal Soc.) 92 72 The palms of the feet [sc. the forefeet of the platypus] are covered with a strong cuticle, and there is a small prominence at the heel. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence III. 370 Palma (the Palm). The first joint of the Manus, when longer and broader than the subsequent ones, or otherwise remarkable; answering to the Planta in the legs. 1863 H. W. Bates I. ii. 72 The South American monkeys..which have a fifth hand for climbing in their prehensile tails, adapted for this function by their strong muscular development, and the naked palms under their tips. 1911 45 633 Joints of the feet and legs, also the palms of the hind feet, blue. 1951 45 521 The mole cannot..place either palm flat upon a level floor without rotating the whole anterior part of the body so that the hand is more lateral than ventral. 1981 35 86/1 See Green 1979..for SEM micrographs of the palm of [the salamander] Bolitoglossa. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] > sole c1450 (?a1300) (Calig.) 252 To þe palme [v.rr. palmete; palmalle] wylle we goo, Domine quo uadys, men clepe hit so, And þer mette petur with Ihesu... Ther ys ȝette a syne of his fote On a marbull stone. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau f. 43 The palmes of his feete and handes were like to those of an ape. 1820 P. B. Shelley iv. i. 129 Our feet now, every palm, Are sandalled with calm. 1861 H. Mayhew (new ed.) III. 150/1 They form a hollow in the palm of the foot, or the waist of the foot as some call it. 1889 O. Wilde 101 The palms of his feet and hands were yellow with saffron. 1928 C. Morley 785 The whole of her system as she called it..was frequently obsessed by strong venous chills which contracted the palms of her feet. 2002 (Nexis) 23 Mar. 58 As a child she was woken each morning by slaves massaging spices into the palms of her feet. 5. the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [noun] > object > at the end of something society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > rowing apparatus > [noun] > oar > blade of oar society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > fluke > broad inner surface of a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1959) x. iv. 122 Quhil that the famy stour of stremis le Vp weltis from the braid palmis of tre. 1526 W. Bonde sig. Ciiiv And than after they..drewe the other arme to the palme of the crosse, and also dyde smyte in another nayle. c1600 L. T. Proportiones Best Sort Anckers in B. N. Curryer (1999) v. 38 Ye palme must corve as ye arme doth. 1684 in R. Wodrow (1722) II. iii. viii. 362 Thirteen of them made Shift to get out underneath the Palm of the Canongate Steeple. 1706 (new ed.) Palm of an Anchor, the Flook or broad part which fastens into the Ground. 1776 J. Cook 25 Dec. (1967) III. i. 29 This obliged them to set sail and drag it [sc. the anchor] after them till they had room to heave it up, when they found one of the Palms gone. 1844 H. Stephens I. 414 The arm c is furnished..with an oblique palm or ear upon which the fore-edge of the mould-board rests, and to which it is bolted. 1867 6 253 At length we marked our steersman smile, And broadened the oar-palm to rest awhile. 1869 E. J. Reed iv. 66 The palm here spoken of was shaped like the palm of a vice, and was run in underneath the iron flat of the lower saloon, and riveted to it. 1910 I. 948/1 Rodger's anchor... The arms..were formed in one piece... The points or pees..to the palms..were blunt. 1986 July 43/2 If only the palms of the anchor are buried, with the shank lying more or less on the surface of the bottom, a modest vertical pull will twist the whole anchor upward. the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of > hand(s) 1629 Z. Boyd (new ed.) 519 The Palme turneth about, and with its finger pointeth at the houre. 1660 R. Lawrie 18 It is like the palme of the horologe, to tell the time. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > methods of 1664 J. Wilson iv. i. 46 Did not I..teach you, your Top, your Palm, and your Slur? 1888 R. Kunard ii. 16 Occasionally one of an audience will insist upon shuffling the cards, which would be very awkward for the performer were it not for the palm. 1976 W. Goldman ii. 79 Merlin said..tomorrow we begin with the palm. There are coin palms and card palms. Phrases1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) iii. iv, in I. 212 A third..takes the comming gold..That hourely rubs his dry, and itchie palmes . View more context for this quotation 1648 R. Herrick sig. Q6 Ere thy Palm shall know A Postern-bribe tooke, or a Forked-Fee To fetter Justice. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais (1737) v. xiii. 54 We tickled the Men in the Palm. 1742 H. Fielding I. ii. xiv. 273 Suppose a Stranger, who entered the Chambers of a Lawyer, being imagined a Client, when the Laweyer was preparing his Palm for the Fee, should pull out a Writ against him. View more context for this quotation 1855 J. L. Motley II. iii. vii. 406 He should believe that their palms had been oiled. 1925 A. Huxley 2 Nov. (1969) 259 I gather that corruption is the great curse everywhere in India and that it is very difficult to get anything done without first oiling somebody's palm. 1952 17 May 578/2 Many palms itched for the millions that the Nationalists had salted away. 2003 (Nexis) 27 Apr. A representative of the German firm..discreetly asked the minister to indicate what Irish palms were to be greased. 1847 21 Jan. 4/5 How does Sir R. Peel speak of the country [sc. Ireland] which for nearly half a century he has held in the palm of his hand to do what he pleased with? a1902 F. Norris (1903) iv. 131 Some billionaire fellow, who has the market in the palm of his hand, tightens one finger, and our young man is ruined. 1990 3 Feb. 10/1 That feeling of being able to capture an audience so that you've got them in the palm of your hand. 1998 30 Dec. ii. 12/2 He had the congregation in the palm of his hand thanks to a combination of self-ease, natural charm and his slippery preacher's syncopation. Compounds C1. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau 45/1 We must then from palme to Palmebreadthe, a little more than half throughe cutt the same. 1873 R. Browning (1888–94) xii. 118 Each with his added palm-breadth of long nose. a1930 D. H. Lawrence (1931) 42 The green wheat, that rose a palm-breadth higher every sunny day. 1883 Sept. 497 Belief in fortunate palm-markings. 2000 (Nexis) 10 Nov. 39 He has the palm markings of a charismatic speaker with broad fingertips indicating a natural municipal leader. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adjective] > of nature of bribe > bribing 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage III. viii. vii. 292 Palm-tickling petitioners for the loaves and fishes. 1881 13 127 The smuggling is so profitable to the merchants and so palm-tickling to the officials. 1992 (Nexis) 12 Sept. d15 The TISH poets' elitist, palm-tickling penchant for writing poems to and about each other. C2. 1918 28 Feb. 3/3 Mr Gengler is not only skillful in handling splits but he is famous as a palm ball bowler. 1923 4 Dec. iii. 3/3 There is the slow ball and the fade-away and the knuckle ball and the hock ball, and the spit ball and the palm ball [etc.]. 1948 15 Mar. 17/4 The lanky Cincinnati Reds' sidewheeler has added a new pitch to his repertoire—a palm ball. 1994 D. Halberstam iv. 47 He did not have a very good fastball... He did have a wicked palm ball, a pitch that allowed him to rear back and throw with a violent arm motion, while the ball itself proceeded slowly toward the plate. 1996 Thumb Tip Grip for Palm Ball Release in alt.sport.bowling (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Feb. Does anyone throw a ‘palm ball’ with the tip (first joint) of their thumb in the ball? the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > barley > types of barley or barley-plant 1706 (new ed.) at Palmare Hordeum Palm-Barley or Sprat-Barley;..a sort of Grain that is fuller and broader than common Barley [cf. 1611 R. Cotgrave, Orge paumé, Beere Barlie, big Barlie, Barlie with the square eare]. 1962 25 Oct. 34/4 Most of the funds were being used for the printing of campaign posters, palm cards showing his photograph and biographical data, as well as the standard political buttons. 2000 11 Sept. 12/2 The church plans to create teaching documents, videos and palm cards to be handed out at church and available elsewhere. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe 1897 ‘Ouida’ iii She'll want a lot of palmgrease. 1902 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) in (1989) 15 Mar. 49/6 The shire engineer from New Zealand, who had flourished on palm grease since the day the harbor works were agreed upon. 2002 (Nexis) 9 Oct. The guests' host knew whom to talk to and how much palm-grease to provide. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > bribery 1832 T. Carlyle in July 360 Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness! the spirit-stirring Vote, the ear-piercing Hear;..soft Palm-greasing first of raptures. 1886 S. Baring-Gould I. iv. 56 The police..were extortionate in their demand for palm-greasing. 1990 27 July 21/1 Tactful explanation of each country's lines of demarcation between legal palm-greasing and outright bribery. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > pear > [noun] > warden the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > warden 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet xxii. 214 Wardens or Palme-pears, so called, because one of them will fill the palm of a hand. society > communication > record > written record > arrangement and storage of written records > [noun] > filing > system 1996 (Nexis) 29 Jan. Thanks to the outstanding and unprecedented ease of desktop integration offered by the Palm Pilot, users will be able to take our Sidekick/Java enterprise scheduling solution for the Internet and Intranet with them wherever they go. 2000 10 Mar. i. 13/1 The 65-page story..will also be formatted for hand-held devices such as the Palm Pilot and e-books. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > palm-play a1547 Earl of Surrey (1964) 25 The palme playe, where, dispoyled for the game, With dased eyes oft we..Haue mist the ball and got sight of our dame. 1801 J. Strutt ii. iii. 85 The game of hand-ball is called by the French, palm-play. 1893 23 Sept. 751/1 The knights and ladies used to meet and watch the Palm Play in the court below. 1986 Spring 64/1 In Italy, France, and Spain [they] played the fashionable game of ‘palm play’. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > palm-play 1870 D. G. Rossetti xxviii He comes upon The women at their palm-playing. society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > hand-print 1908 20 Mar. 451/2 A case so rare that it does not occur otherwise in a collection of the palm prints of about 450 individuals, including very varied human races. 1929 A. C. Edington & C. Edington xv. 202 In wearing gloves the criminal nearly always leaves a very legible palm print. 1990 A. Steele 45 The smartdoor was locked, but it recognised her palmprint and allowed her to enter. 1898 Mar. 732/1 Altogether this was a singular and not a pleasant face, or so, at least, thought the palm-reader. 1920 R. Macaulay iii. ii. 131 She is the most wonderful palm reader and crystal gazer I have come across. 1994 25 Aug. 36/1 A New York City street-side palmreader's revelation that the British singer would soon face a series of personal trials. the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] 1860 D. R. Hundley vii. 266 Believers in fortune-telling after the ancient modes—such as palm-reading, card-cutting, [etc.]. 1871 4 Mar. No palm-reading gypsy..can tell half so much of these occult events as this interrogating mathematician will learn from his curious figures and bewildering signs. 1991 (BNC) Apr. You don't need a palm-reading fortune teller to find out how long you might live. 1995 June 62/1 Over 20 self-contained programs and databases relating to astrology, I Ching, personality testing, palm reading, [etc.]. 1931 F. L. Goodenough & J. E. Anderson xiv. 122 The hand was strapped to a palm rest in such a way that only the fingers could be moved. 1979 (Nexis) 6 July c1 A modern free-rifle like the Walther GX-1 has a stabilizer bar, palm rest, butt hook and hand stop. 2002 (Electronic ed.) 1 Feb. More important, the $50 Super Mini Optical Mouse fits right on your PowerBook's palm rest, perfect for those cramped cross-country flights. 1984 Vacuum Powered Sanders in net.rec.wood (Usenet newsgroup) 9 Oct. How does it compare to, say, a makita or any other high quality palm sander? 2002 Aug. 30/2 Palm sanders are ideal for getting into tight spots. This is a compact 1.35W model using ¼ sheets. 1986 Autumn 92/2 The full pistol grip has a palm swell, although unlike some this is a sensible size and not so massive as to defy a proper grip. 1993 Nov. 49/1 A good palm swell and chequering on the pistol grip aids right-hand control. the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > having or not having veins 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore II. 838/2 Palm-veined, having the principal veins radiating from a common point. 1888 M. I. Stevenson Let. 5 July in M. C. Balfour (1903) ii. 67 The captain..began some new covers for the boat-cushions. He is a ‘palm-worker’, which means that he has his thimble, or its substitute, in the palm of his hand, fastened in place by a leather strap. Derivatives the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [adverb] > hand a1603 T. Cartwright (1618) 514 The same hand..being first stretched forth palm-wise, is after gathered in fist-wise. 1930 Apr. 11/2 Maratelli sat back and spread his hands palmwise and opened his eyes. 2004 www.mcgillivray.us 19 May (O.E.D. Archive) The red Hand upright, couped at the wrist and palmwise is said to be a heraldic ‘sign of valour and a symbol of faith and justice’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † Palmn.3Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Palm. Etymology: < Palm, the former English name of the capital city (Spanish Palma) of the Balearic Islands, in the western Mediterranean. Obsolete. the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > palm-wine 1712 W. King Let. in (ed. 2) 8 Two bottles of smooth Palm, or Anjou white, shall give a Welcome. 1725 L. Welsted 12 Nor Cyprus soft, the Lover's Balm, Is here; nor Vine sirnam'd the Palm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2019). palmv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: palm n.2 Etymology: < palm n.2 With branch II. compare Middle Dutch palmen to catch, grasp, lay hold of (Dutch palmen to pull hand over hand), Italian †palmare to grip or stroke with the palm of the hand (1598 in Florio), French paumer la gueule (à quelqu'un) to strike (a person) on the face (1649; now archaic), French regional (Paris) †paumer to slap (c1670). Originally colloquial. I. To conceal in the palm; to deceive, etc. 1. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > effect by legerdemain [verb (transitive)] > conceal in the palm of the hand society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > cheat someone at cards [verb (transitive)] > methods of cheating society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > play at dice [verb (transitive)] > cheat 1671 [implied in: R. Head & F. Kirkman IV. xviii. sig. R*5v When late at night and the company grows thin and your eyes dim with watching then is the time for false Dice to be put on the ignorant then also is there a security in Palming, Tobping, Slurring, &c. (at palming n.2 1a)]. 1680 J. Dryden iv. i. 39 I think in my Conscience he's Palming and Topping in my Belly. 1680 C. Cotton (ed. 2) xv. 96 He palms them as much as he can, nimbly passing the last Card. 1706 (new ed.) To palm, to juggle in one's Hand; to cog or cheat at Dice. a1732 J. Gay (1738) II. xii. 112 Is't I who cog or palm the dice? 1755 16 To use my Hands to palm an Ace or cog a Die. 1877 W. H. Thomson ii. 119 The warder..watches that the prisoner does not ‘palm’ anything—in other words, practise some legerdemain trick to conceal any contraband article. 1882 54 629 You may show a dozen men how to ‘palm’ a card, yet not one of them will be able to do it. 1911 Mar. 201/1 Then they palmed the scorpions and made them reappear. 1966 F. Herbert I. 53 It had been easy to palm Dr. Yueh's sleeping tablet, to pretend to swallow it. 1990 W. Stewart (1991) ii. 10 You can crackle a five-dollar bill in your hand in full sight of the congregation before palming the five, substituting a one, and sealing it in the envelope. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > effect by legerdemain [verb (transitive)] > play trick by palming 1718 M. Prior Alma ii, in (new ed.) 347 But Space and Matter we should blame; They palm'd the Trick that lost the Game. the mind > possession > taking > taking surreptitiously > take surreptitiously [verb (transitive)] 1941 J. Smiley 42 Palm, to steal small articles (gum, candy) by concealing them in the palm of the hand. 1946 S. T. Felstead xvi. 167 What you really heard, of course, was his heart beating; the watch he had palmed. 1985 G. Kendall (1986) vii. 83 Joao turned away from the board, and palmed a hypo of nepenthine before heading for a tube to the flight deck. 2. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > evade [verb (transitive)] > put off the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > dispose of fraudulently > by deceiving someone 1679 J. Crowne iv. 59 Thinking you cou'd pawme such stuffe on me. 1711 J. Addison No. 117. ¶4 She..has made the Country ring with several imaginary Exploits that are palmed upon her. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes II. iv. iv. 356 My lord duke has palmed his lacquey upon us, in lieu of my lawful husband. 1822 C. Lamb in Mar. 284/1 Have you not tried to palm off a yesterday's pun? 1851 H. Melville lv. 295 As for the narwhale, one glimpse at it is enough to amaze one, that..such a hippogriff could be palmed for genuine upon any intelligent public of schoolboys. 1880 1 37 It is sufficient that the court is satisfied that there was an intent on the part of the respondent to palm off his goods as the goods of the complainant. 1910 I. 407/1 Butchers have palmed off upon their customers imported fresh meat as home-grown. 1973 17 Apr. 4/5 A claim that Borden attempted to ‘palm off’ its dried soup package as that of Lipton's. 1990 N. Gordimer 131 My mother's relatives..run fruit and vegetable stalls and palm off to the blacks produce that's gone bad. 1830 J. W. Warter tr. Aristophanes 21 The Chorus..should stand by like fools, that I may palm them off with diminutive words. 1894 Sept. 168 The public..cannot always get the books it wants..and is frequently palmed off with other books which it does not in the least care about. 1934 30 May 592/3 I lost seven holes running this morning absolutely and entirely because I had been palmed off with a little swine who sniffed whenever I was about to strike my ball. 1960 B. Kops iii. 66 We couldn't have our Superstore just yet and we were palmed off with promises. 1994 A. Gurnah (1995) 223 Yusuf refused to be palmed off with what he thought was an evasion. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > practise trickery [verb (intransitive)] 1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas 414 The Germans paulm'd upon Francis the First. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo (1709) 204 The Dog paum'd upon us so slily. 1722 J. Macky (ed. 2) I. iv. 71 At Play..the Ladies think it no Crime to pawm handsomely. II. To touch, stroke, strike, etc., with the palm. 4. the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress or fondle [verb] > touch or stroke with palm or hand the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (intransitive)] > touch with palm the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > touch with palm 1685 J. Crowne iii. 21 Sur. Is there not Salt enough in London for you? Sir Co. Ay, stuff pawm'd by Butlers and Waiters. c1704 M. Prior (1728) I. 129 Frank carves very ill, yet will palm all the meats. 1784 No. 12. 1 And what with palming one fellow, kissing another and coaxing with thousands, has driven me almost hornmad. 1876 T. Hardy II. xxxvi. 103 He became gleeful,..nervously palming his hip with his left hand, as if previous to plunging it into hot water for some prize. 1880 R. Grant iv. 176 I fail to appreciate the advantages of being mentally palmed over, even by a youth in a flannel shirt. a1903 J. H. Brown in (1903) IV. 413/1 [Nottinghamshire] What are you pawming at? 1993 S. Gray (1994) 32 He healed himself of cataracts with a very simple method..which involves rubbing your hands together, then palming your eyes. 1913 4 June iii. 2/4 Van made one last grand jump, shoved out his weather-beaten left mit and palmed the ball. 1937 7 Nov. 17/1 He staggered momentarily,..palming the ball with one hand. 1965 28 Feb. v. 6/5 The Knicks were called for a variety of violations—walking, running, palming the ball and the 3-second rule. 2003 20 Apr. 3 b Iverson palmed the ball, though of course it wasn't called, and hardly ever is anymore. 1974 23 Sept. 24/8 Farmer palmed over a header from the impressive Thompson. 1976 3 Dec. 27/2 From the kick off the ball was put to Chambers on the wing and his hard shot was palmed into the path of Bartrum who put Pollastra 1-0 up in 45 seconds. 1990 12 Mar. 46/2 Grobbelaar then produced one of his eccentricities to palm the ball into the path of Ray Wilkins. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe 1767 40 Mr. Philpot assured him of the exertion of all his interest, and palming him with five guineas, took his leave. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in II. (at cited word) It is then said that the party who receives it [sc. the bribe] is palmed, or that Mr. Palmer is concerned. 1890 6 Feb. 3/3 The heads of this particular firm..admit that they ‘palmed’ right and left. 1899 C. G. Harper 135 Votes which would in other days have been acquired by palming the men and kissing all the babies. 6. 1846 ‘J. Treenoodle’ 25 And will so poam am. a1895 S. Hewett MS Coll. Devonshire Words in (1903) IV. 413/1 I'll pame thy head vor thee. 1960 12 Oct. 18/1 Downes was booed by the crowd for what they decided was palming with his glove. 1961 8 Mar. 17/3 Spinks appeared to be palming and holding so flagrantly. 1855 F. K. Robinson 124 To Palm or Pawm, to climb, to ascend progressively by the use of the hands and feet, as a monkey ‘palming’ up a pole with its paws and legs. 1876 F. K. Robinson Pawm, to climb a pole with the hands and feet. 1928 A. E. Pease 94/1 He paum'd reet oop ti t'tip top o' yon high trey. 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