palmern.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɑːmə/, U.S.

/ˈpɑ(l)mər/

Forms: Middle English palmerre, Middle English palmyr, Middle English–1500s palmare, Middle English–1500s palmere, Middle English– palmer, 1500s palmar, 1500s paulmer, 1800s– parmer (English regional (Somerset)); Scottish pre-1700 palmair, pre-1700 palmar, pre-1700 palmare, pre-1700 palmere, pre-1700 1700s– palmer, 1800s pawmer. N.E.D. (1904) also records a form Middle English paumer.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French palmer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman palmer, palmere, paumer (compare Old French palmier , paumier (12th cent.)) < post-classical Latin palmarius pilgrim, especially one returned from the Holy Land (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources; in British sources also as palmerius , palmerus ) < classical Latin palma palm n.¹ + -ārius -er suffix². Compare Italian palmiere (a1321), Portuguese palmeiro (13th cent.), Spanish palmero (1611), and also Old Frisian palmere (probably < post-classical Latin palmarius), Old Icelandic pálmari (probably < Middle English).For an explanation of the development of sense 2 see quot. 1608 at sense 2a. C. Hough ( Notes & Queries (1998) 243 31) sees this sense as underlying the first element of the Nottinghamshire field name palmerwang' (a1229), which she interprets as probably denoting ‘a piece of land infested by caterpillars’. With palmer-worm (see sense 2a) compare French †ver de palmier millipede (1752). Attested earlier as a surname: Robertus Palmer (1163), David Palmer (1173), William Paumer (1268), etc., although it is unclear whether these are to be interpreted as reflecting the Middle English or Anglo-Norman word.

1. A pilgrim, esp. one returned from the Holy Land (traditionally carrying a palm branch or palm leaf as a mark of his or her pilgrimage). Also: an itinerant monk travelling from shrine to shrine under a perpetual vow of poverty. Now historical except in figurative use.

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society > faith > worship > pilgrimage > [noun] > one who makes

pilgrimc1225

palmerc1300

pelerina1350

pilgrimera1475

peregrine1570

pilgrimagerc1650

visitant1698

palmer-man1885

c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 1027 (MED) A palmere he þar mette.

?1316 Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) 36 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 271 (MED) Hy maden hem sclavyns Ase palmers that beth paynyms.

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. Prol. 46 Pilgrimes & palmeris pliȝten hem togidere For to seke seint Iame.

1451 (c1400) Vision of Tundale (Royal) (1893) 418 (MED) No man þat brygge myght pas, But a preste þat a palmare was.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 193 (MED) The neighbowres come to mete, and the deuel also, in likkenes of a palmer.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 252/2 Paulmer a poore man, blistre.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 100 For Saints haue hands which holy Palmers touch, And Palme to Palme is holy Palmers kisse.

1674 T. Staveley Romish Horseleech ix. 93 The Pilgrim had some home, or dwelling place, but the Palmer had none. The Pilgrim travelled to some certain designed place, or places, but the Palmer to all. The Pilgrim went at his own charges, but the Palmer profest wilful poverty, and went upon Alms.

1767 W. Dodd Poems 187 A palmer, poor and gray! Though aided by his oaken staff.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine ii. 144 Hence too [sc. in Phoenicia], at least in recent times, came the branches, which distinguished the pilgrims of Palestine, from those of Rome, Compostella, and Canterbury, by the name of ‘Palmer’.

1879 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 85/1 A slender youth..equipped like one of Bunyan's Pilgrims, with a palmer's hat.

1906 Bungalow Dec. 8/2 The exodus of these infatuated palmers is ever to the land of Shakespeare.

1995 S. Schama Landscape & Memory vi. 326 The ostentatious poverty and simplicity in which Taylor cloaked himself suggested the innocence of the medieval palmers.

a. More fully palmer-worm. A small terrestrial invertebrate with many legs; a centipede or millipede, a woodlouse, a caterpillar. In later use: spec. any of various hairy moth caterpillars, such as Dichomeris ligulella (family Gelechiidae), a pest of fruit in the United States, and the brown-tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea (family Lymantriidae).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > larva > hairy

woubit1483

palmer1538

bear worm1577

furry1598

tailor-fly1682

woolly boy1805

tailor1816

woolly bear1863

miller1883

woolly worm1909

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tineidae > Ypsilophus pometellus (palmer-worm)

palmer-worm1538

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Arthostraca > order Isopoda > family Oniscidae or genus Oniscus

lockchestera1400

sow14..

lugdora1425

louk?a1450

lockchestc1450

cheslip1530

palmer1538

chestworm1544

Robin Goodfellow's louse1552

monk's peason1558

cheslock1574

porcelet1578

swine louse1579

hog-louse1580

multiped1601

kitchen-bob1610

woodlouse1611

loop1612

millipede1612

timber-sow1626

cheeselog1657

sow-louse1658

thurse-louse1658

onisc1661

monkey pea1682

slater1684

slatter1739

sow-bug1750

Oniscus1806

pig louse1819

hob-thrush1828

land-slater1863

pig's louse1888

wall-louse1899

oniscoid1909

chucky-pig1946

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Campe, a worme which..is callyd a palmer.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Centipeda, a worme called a Palmer, whiche is heary, and hath many feete.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxv. 177 Whose leaves be holy as though they had bene eaten with Locustes, Paulmers, or Snayles.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 105 There is another sort of these Catterpillers, who haue no certaine place of abode, nor yet cannot tell where to find theyr foode, but like vnto superstitious Pilgrims, doe wander and stray hither and thither,..and these haue purchased a very apt name amongst vs Englishmen, to be called Palmer-wormes, by reason of their wandering and rogish life, (for they neuer stay in one place, but are euer wandering).

1668 in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1880) XXXIV. 298 It pleased God to restrain the Palmer worm amongst vs in y^e Bay and to spare our fruit trees.

1731 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 12/1 The depredations of Locusts, Palmer-worms, Caterpillars and other pestiferous Vermin.

1781 G. White Jrnl. 24 Aug. (1970) xiv. 192 Tho' white butterflies abound, & lay many eggs on the cabbages; yet..they do not hatch and turn to palmers.

1836 A. Ronalds Fly-fisher's Entomol. 111 Red Palmer. This is the caterpillar of the Arctia caga or Tiger Moth... Brown Palmer. This is the caterpillar of the Spilosoma lubricepeda, or common Ermine Moth.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Palmer,..a wood-louse.

1901 Bull. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exper. Station No. 187. 83 It was not until about 1800 that the name[s] canker-worm and palmer-worm were restricted to certain insects and given their present signification in the United States.

1925 G. W. Herrick Man. Injurious Insects xii. 113 The palmer-worm is an old pest, serious in certain seasons mainly in the northeastern United States.

1962 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) 686 Injured areas more shallow, often merely the surface of the apple eaten away... Palmerworm, Dichomeris ligulella.

b. Angling. An artificial fly covered with bristling hairs or fibres, esp. from a hackle wound in an open spiral along the length of the shank. Frequently with distinguishing word.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of

moor flylOE

drake-flya1450

dub-flya1450

dun cut1496

dun fly1496

louper1496

red fly1616

moorish fly1635

palmer1653

palmer fly1653

red hackle1653

red palmer1653

shell-fly1653

orange fly1662

blackfly1669

dun1676

dun hackle1676

hackle1676

mayfly1676

peacock fly1676

thorn-tree fly1676

turkey-fly1676

violet-fly1676

whirling dun1676

badger fly1681

greenfly1686

moorish brown1689

prime dun1696

sandfly1700

grey midge1724

whirling blue1747

dun drake?1758

death drake1766

hackle fly1786

badger1787

blue1787

brown-fly1787

camel-brown1787

spinner1787

midge1799

night-fly1799

thorn-fly1799

turkey1799

withy-fly1799

grayling fly1811

sun fly1820

cock-a-bondy1835

brown moth1837

bunting-lark fly1837

governor1837

water-hen hackle1837

Waterloo fly1837

coachman1839

soldier palmer1839

blue jay1843

red tag1850

canary1855

white-tip1856

spider1857

bumble1859

doctor1860

ibis1863

Jock Scott1866

eagle1867

highlander1867

jay1867

John Scott1867

judge1867

parson1867

priest1867

snow-fly1867

Jack Scott1874

Alexandra1875

silver doctor1875

Alexandra fly1882

grackle1894

grizzly queen1894

heckle-fly1897

Zulu1898

thunder and lightning1910

streamer1919

Devon1924

peacock1950

1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 5 There are severall kindes of Palmers that are good for that time.

1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 93 Golden Palmer, or Hackle.

1836 A. Ronalds Fly-fisher's Entomol. 33 Snip off all the remnants, and your red Palmer..will be ready to make a pilgrimage in search of a Trout.

1875 R. D. Blackmore Alice Lorraine 51/1 He kept the grizzled palmer still for tail-fly, and he tried his knots, for he knew that this trout was a Triton.

1986 Trout Fisherman July 23/2 Palmer patterns can really pull fish; choose palmers with claret, brown, or dark green bodies, brown hackles, and the added fluorescent attraction of neon magenta, signal green, or crimson tails.

1992 C. B. McCully Fly-fishing 94 Fished from a boat, the palmer hackle causes an attractive wake.

Compounds

C1.

a. (In sense 1.)

† palmer-man n. Obsolete

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society > faith > worship > pilgrimage > [noun] > one who makes

pilgrimc1225

palmerc1300

pelerina1350

pilgrimera1475

peregrine1570

pilgrimagerc1650

visitant1698

palmer-man1885

1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. V. cdxxxv. 187 The palmer-man drank the bitter draught.

palmer-staff n. (also palmer's-staff)

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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > pilgrim's staff

bourdona1300

palster1481

Jacob's staff1548

palmer-staff1595

1595 G. Peele Old Wiues Tale sig. B2 I will giue thee a Palmers staffe of Yuorie.

1623 J. Wodroephe Spared Houres Souldier 460/2 The Pilgrimes of my Deseignes shall alwayes be furnished with the Palmer Staffe of Courage.

1854 J. D. Burns Pilgrims iii, in Vision of Prophecy 77 Soon the feeble palmer-staff Was shivered like a wand.

1987 Times (Nexis) 20 Sept. The chorus is solid, the pilgrims are frozen in mid genuflexion, the palmer's staff resolutely refuses to bloom in act three.

† palmer-weed n. (also palmer's-weed) Obsolete

ΚΠ

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 2343 (MED) Seþyn toke þe knyȝt palmers wede, And yn to þe holy londe he ȝede.

c1550 Clariodus (1830) iii. 1927 Thus went he furth in palmer weid allone.

1845 G. Murray Islaford 33 He reached his home in Palmer-weeds.

b. (In sense 2b.)

† palmer bob n. Obsolete

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs

angletwitcheOE

wormc1320

codwormc1450

redwormc1450

gentle1577

touchangle1581

bob1589

Jack1601

dug1608

codbait1620

caddis-worm1627

caddis1653

cockspur1653

lob-worm1653

marsh worm1653

gilt tail1656

cadew1668

cad1674

ash-grub1676

clap-bait1681

whitebait1681

earth-bob1696

jag-tail1736

buzz1760

treachet1787

angleworm1788

cow-turd-bob1798

palmer bob1814

slob1814

angledog1832

caddis-bait1833

sedge-worm1839

snake feeder1861

hellgrammite1866

easworm1872

cow-dung bob1880

snake doctora1883

1814 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 94 My flies..were the yellow dun at bottom and red palmer bob.

palmer fly n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of

moor flylOE

drake-flya1450

dub-flya1450

dun cut1496

dun fly1496

louper1496

red fly1616

moorish fly1635

palmer1653

palmer fly1653

red hackle1653

red palmer1653

shell-fly1653

orange fly1662

blackfly1669

dun1676

dun hackle1676

hackle1676

mayfly1676

peacock fly1676

thorn-tree fly1676

turkey-fly1676

violet-fly1676

whirling dun1676

badger fly1681

greenfly1686

moorish brown1689

prime dun1696

sandfly1700

grey midge1724

whirling blue1747

dun drake?1758

death drake1766

hackle fly1786

badger1787

blue1787

brown-fly1787

camel-brown1787

spinner1787

midge1799

night-fly1799

thorn-fly1799

turkey1799

withy-fly1799

grayling fly1811

sun fly1820

cock-a-bondy1835

brown moth1837

bunting-lark fly1837

governor1837

water-hen hackle1837

Waterloo fly1837

coachman1839

soldier palmer1839

blue jay1843

red tag1850

canary1855

white-tip1856

spider1857

bumble1859

doctor1860

ibis1863

Jock Scott1866

eagle1867

highlander1867

jay1867

John Scott1867

judge1867

parson1867

priest1867

snow-fly1867

Jack Scott1874

Alexandra1875

silver doctor1875

Alexandra fly1882

grackle1894

grizzly queen1894

heckle-fly1897

Zulu1898

thunder and lightning1910

streamer1919

Devon1924

peacock1950

1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 12 We will begin to make the Palmer flie.

1864 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 304/1 Beside the blithe river where Walton had cast, in other days, a gray palmer-fly.

1997 Canberra Times (Nexis) 25 Sept. 19 Tie a small (No 16 or so) palmer fly with a red tag and a body of badger hackles wound right along the shank.

palmer-worm n. see sense 2a.

C2.

† palmer-serpent n. Obsolete = sense 2a.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > group of venomous snakes > venomous snake

deaf addereOE

adderOE

aspidec1000

shadow-addera1382

chelydre1393

tyre1471

viper1526

seps?1527

aspic1530

thirsty snake1567

aspworm1587

cheliderect?1590

viper-worm1605

palmer-serpent1608

polonga1681

asp1710

thirst-serpent1731

venom-snake1845

thanatophidian1891

solenoglyph1913

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 214 Unto this Porphyre I may adde the Palmer-serpent, which Strabo wryteth doth kill with an vnrecouerable poyson, & it is also of a Scarlet colour.

† palmer trout n. British regional Obsolete = samlet n.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > young

gilling1366

salmonet1576

springling1647

samlet1653

skegger1653

Samson1769

skirling1776

salmon sprint1790

summer cock1790

palmer trout1836

girling1861

springling1873

1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. p. xxxvii Palmer Trout.

1865 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands IV. 245 Samlet, or Parr... Branlin. Palmer Trout... Salmo Salmulus.

Derivatives

ˈpalmered adj. Angling (of a fishing fly or its hackle) dressed in the manner of a palmer (sense 2b).

ΚΠ

1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Oct. c11/1 A little dry fly of palmered grizzly hackle, wound through a body of dubbed rabbit fur.

2002 Evening News (Edinburgh) (Nexis) 10 Aug. Using a floating line and a two-fly cast with a silver dabbler and palmered olive he took second position with a bag weight of 10lbs 9 ozs.

† palmer-like adj. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 11 White head and palmer-like beard.

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palmern.²

Brit.

/ˈpɑːmə/, U.S.

/ˈpɑ(l)mər/

Forms: Middle English palmare, Middle English pamere, Middle English paumer, Middle English paumere, Middle English pawmer, Middle English pawmere, Middle English–1600s 1900s– palmer, 1600s palmar (Scottish), 1600s paulmer.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French paumer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman paumer (13th cent.) < paume palm n.² + -er -er suffix². Compare earlier palmery n.¹

Now rare.

A flat piece of wood used for striking the palm of the hand as a punishment; a ferule.

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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > ferule or flat piece of wood

palmeryc1300

palmera1387

ferule-rod1528

ferule1559

ferula1579

ferular1594

paddle1828

spatula1830

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 221 He hadde forȝete to say his orisoun..and seynt Iohn þe Evangelist appered to hym in his slepe, and manassede hym to smyte wiþ a pamere [v.rr. pawmere, paumere; ?a1475 anon. tr. palmer; L. ferula].

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 387 Pawmere, ferula.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 92 A palmare in scole, ferula, hortatorium, palmatorium.

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xxi. 133 Children are kept in awe with the Palmer, least they forget them selues.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ferule, a Ferula, or Paulmer vsed in Schooles for correction.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Palmer, a certain instrument wherewith school-boys are struck on the palms of their hands.

1670 J. A. Comenius Janua Ling. Triling. 130 He who is slothful is chastifed with a ferula (palmer).

1958 J. L. Taylor Portuguese–Eng. Dict. at Palmatória A palmer or ferrule (for striking school boys on the palm of the hand).

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† palmern.³

Forms: Middle English palmyer, Middle English paulmer, Middle English–1500s palmer, 1500s palmare, 1500s palmier; Scottish pre-1700 palmeir, pre-1700 pawmer.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French palmier.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman palmier, paulmer, paumere and Middle French palmier, paumier palm tree (first half of the 12th cent. in Old French) < palme palm n.¹ + -ier -ier suffix. Compare Portuguese palmeira (1059), Spanish palmera (a1384), Italian †palmero (1611 in Florio).Compare also the rare palmar, in the same sense (one isolated attestation: see below; < Spanish palmar (a1495)):a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 84 In this lond of arabia felix the chefest wode that thei have toward the stret of the red see be palmares [Sp. palmares].

Obsolete.

A palm tree, esp. the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, the coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, or the toddy palm or jaggery palm, Caryota urens. Also more fully palmer tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > palm-tree

palmeOE

palm treeOE

palmerc1400

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

palmeOE

palm treeOE

palmerc1400

brab1698

palmyra1698

borassus1798

lontar1820

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > coconut tree

coco1555

coco tree1598

palmer tree1599

coconut1625

coconut tree1625

palmacoco1681

coco palm1760

coconut palm1764

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > coconut > coconut-tree

coco1555

coco tree1598

palmer tree1599

coconut1625

palmacoco1681

coco palm1760

double coconut1775

c1400 Femina (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 53 Biux, paulmer, & arrable..Box, palmer [v.r. palm tre], & mapul.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. x. 88 In ynde groweth a tree moche grete and right fayr..and is called palmyer and bereth dates.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cclxi/2 The sayd Symeon..was clommen on a palmyer.

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Di ^v Palmier, datiers.

1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 7 There commeth euery yeare from Cochin..great ships, laden with great Nuts cured, and with sugar made of the self same Nuts called Giagra: the tree wheron these nuts do grow is called the Palmer tree.

1599 R. Fitch in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 252 Sugar which is made of the nutte called Gagara: the tree is called the palmer.

Compounds

† palmernut n. Obsolete rare a coconut.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > coconut

palmernuta1500

coco1555

coconut1589

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > coconut

palmernuta1500

coco1555

coconut1589

coco de mer1864

a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 711/17 Cucumur, a palmernutte.

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palmern.⁴

Brit.

/ˈpɑːmə/, U.S.

/ˈpɑ(l)mər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: palm v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < palm v. + -er suffix¹.

A person who conceals cards, dice, etc., in the hand in order to cheat at a game; a conjuror who conceals objects in the hand.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > card-sharper

Greek1528

cheaterc1555

packer1586

palmer1671

operator1731

card sharp1840

card-sharper1841

mechanic1897

sharpie1942

card shark2002

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > player > cheat

colec1555

foisterc1555

cogger1576

palmer1671

topper1671

tat-monger1688

tatsman1825

dice-man1871

1671 T. Shadwell Humorists iii. 40 I saw you,..by the help of a dozen men, chastize one poor Topper or Palmer.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Palmer,..one that deceitfully cozens or cogs at Cards or Dice, by keeping some of them in his Hand unseen.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Mar. 5/1 The clever conjurer..as a palmer and a passer..takes a high rank.

1901 J. Davidson Self's the Man v. 218 Spread abroad By beggars, palmers, jugglers, mountebanks.

2001 Sunday Times (Nexis) 21 Oct. The most memorable passages of the book come when Gold re-creates this lost masonry of conjurors and escapists, illusionists and coin palmers.

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Palmern.⁵

Brit.

/ˈpɑːmə/, U.S.

/ˈpɑ(l)mər/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Palmer.

Etymology: < the name of Château Palmer (named after its former owner Major-General Charles Palmer (1777–1851)), in the communes of Margaux and Cantenac, department of Gironde, where the wine is made.

A third growth Bordeaux wine, produced at the Château Palmer. Also more fully Château Palmer.

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1866 Wine Trade Rev. 19 May 76/1 Public Sale of Choice Wines in Bottle... 24 Palmer.

1920 G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-bk. (1921) iv. 52 Mouton Rothschild and Palmer were at worst satisfactory.

1996 H. Marks Mr Nice (1998) x. 283 There was plenty of Chateau Palmer to wash it down.

2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 Mar. f7 When one considers that Chateau Margaux '98 will sell for $150 per bottle and Palmer for $75, Rauzan-Segla begins to look almost like a bargain.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

palmerv.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːmə/, U.S.

/ˈpɑ(l)mər/, Scottish English

/ˈpɔmər/

Forms: English regional (Cumberland) 1800s palmer; Scottish 1800s– palmer, 1800s– paumer, 1800s– pawmer, 1900s– pamer, 1900s– pammer (north-eastern).

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: palmer n.¹

Etymology: < palmer n.¹

Now Scottish (rare).

intransitive. To wander about like a vagrant; to walk aimlessly about; to saunter or stroll. Also: to walk clumsily or noisily, to blunder about.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > idly

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1805 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 2) 114 A palmer'd out as chance wad heft, An till a neybors house a tuok.

1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 208 Up an' paumerin aboot the toon' o' the seelence o' the nicht.

1915 H. Beaton At Back o' Benachie 48 In case we be in sic a plisky, I'll awa' tae the Kirktoon, an' some fouks wull be pamerin' aboot likely.

1955 F. Swinnerton Summer Intrigue 84 Sam palmered back to his shop.

2020 S. Blackhall in Lallans 97 43 A rubbit pammers oot on furry flanks.

Derivatives

ˈpalmering adj.

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1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xiv. 340 Ony auld palmering body that was coming down the edge of Kinblythemont.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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单词	palmer
释义	palmern.¹ Brit. /ˈpɑːmə/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)mər/ Forms: Middle English palmerre, Middle English palmyr, Middle English–1500s palmare, Middle English–1500s palmere, Middle English– palmer, 1500s palmar, 1500s paulmer, 1800s– parmer (English regional (Somerset)); Scottish pre-1700 palmair, pre-1700 palmar, pre-1700 palmare, pre-1700 palmere, pre-1700 1700s– palmer, 1800s pawmer. N.E.D. (1904) also records a form Middle English paumer. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French palmer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman palmer, palmere, paumer (compare Old French palmier , paumier (12th cent.)) < post-classical Latin palmarius pilgrim, especially one returned from the Holy Land (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources; in British sources also as palmerius , palmerus ) < classical Latin palma palm n.¹ + -ārius -er suffix². Compare Italian palmiere (a1321), Portuguese palmeiro (13th cent.), Spanish palmero (1611), and also Old Frisian palmere (probably < post-classical Latin palmarius), Old Icelandic pálmari (probably < Middle English).For an explanation of the development of sense 2 see quot. 1608 at sense 2a. C. Hough ( Notes & Queries (1998) 243 31) sees this sense as underlying the first element of the Nottinghamshire field name palmerwang' (a1229), which she interprets as probably denoting ‘a piece of land infested by caterpillars’. With palmer-worm (see sense 2a) compare French †ver de palmier millipede (1752). Attested earlier as a surname: Robertus Palmer (1163), David Palmer (1173), William Paumer (1268), etc., although it is unclear whether these are to be interpreted as reflecting the Middle English or Anglo-Norman word. 1. A pilgrim, esp. one returned from the Holy Land (traditionally carrying a palm branch or palm leaf as a mark of his or her pilgrimage). Also: an itinerant monk travelling from shrine to shrine under a perpetual vow of poverty. Now historical except in figurative use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > pilgrimage > [noun] > one who makes pilgrimc1225 palmerc1300 pelerina1350 pilgrimera1475 peregrine1570 pilgrimagerc1650 visitant1698 palmer-man1885 c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 1027 (MED) A palmere he þar mette. ?1316 Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) 36 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 271 (MED) Hy maden hem sclavyns Ase palmers that beth paynyms. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. Prol. 46 Pilgrimes & palmeris pliȝten hem togidere For to seke seint Iame. 1451 (c1400) Vision of Tundale (Royal) (1893) 418 (MED) No man þat brygge myght pas, But a preste þat a palmare was. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 193 (MED) The neighbowres come to mete, and the deuel also, in likkenes of a palmer. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 252/2 Paulmer a poore man, blistre. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 100 For Saints haue hands which holy Palmers touch, And Palme to Palme is holy Palmers kisse. View more context for this quotation 1674 T. Staveley Romish Horseleech ix. 93 The Pilgrim had some home, or dwelling place, but the Palmer had none. The Pilgrim travelled to some certain designed place, or places, but the Palmer to all. The Pilgrim went at his own charges, but the Palmer profest wilful poverty, and went upon Alms. 1767 W. Dodd Poems 187 A palmer, poor and gray! Though aided by his oaken staff. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine ii. 144 Hence too [sc. in Phoenicia], at least in recent times, came the branches, which distinguished the pilgrims of Palestine, from those of Rome, Compostella, and Canterbury, by the name of ‘Palmer’. 1879 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 85/1 A slender youth..equipped like one of Bunyan's Pilgrims, with a palmer's hat. 1906 Bungalow Dec. 8/2 The exodus of these infatuated palmers is ever to the land of Shakespeare. 1995 S. Schama Landscape & Memory vi. 326 The ostentatious poverty and simplicity in which Taylor cloaked himself suggested the innocence of the medieval palmers. 2. a. More fully palmer-worm. A small terrestrial invertebrate with many legs; a centipede or millipede, a woodlouse, a caterpillar. In later use: spec. any of various hairy moth caterpillars, such as Dichomeris ligulella (family Gelechiidae), a pest of fruit in the United States, and the brown-tail Euproctis chrysorrhoea (family Lymantriidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > larva > hairy woubit1483 palmer1538 bear worm1577 furry1598 tailor-fly1682 woolly boy1805 tailor1816 woolly bear1863 miller1883 woolly worm1909 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tineidae > Ypsilophus pometellus (palmer-worm) palmer-worm1538 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Arthostraca > order Isopoda > family Oniscidae or genus Oniscus lockchestera1400 sow14.. lugdora1425 louk?a1450 lockchestc1450 cheslip1530 palmer1538 chestworm1544 Robin Goodfellow's louse1552 monk's peason1558 cheslock1574 porcelet1578 swine louse1579 hog-louse1580 multiped1601 kitchen-bob1610 woodlouse1611 loop1612 millipede1612 timber-sow1626 cheeselog1657 sow-louse1658 thurse-louse1658 onisc1661 monkey pea1682 slater1684 slatter1739 sow-bug1750 Oniscus1806 pig louse1819 hob-thrush1828 land-slater1863 pig's louse1888 wall-louse1899 oniscoid1909 chucky-pig1946 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Campe, a worme which..is callyd a palmer. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Centipeda, a worme called a Palmer, whiche is heary, and hath many feete. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxv. 177 Whose leaves be holy as though they had bene eaten with Locustes, Paulmers, or Snayles. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 105 There is another sort of these Catterpillers, who haue no certaine place of abode, nor yet cannot tell where to find theyr foode, but like vnto superstitious Pilgrims, doe wander and stray hither and thither,..and these haue purchased a very apt name amongst vs Englishmen, to be called Palmer-wormes, by reason of their wandering and rogish life, (for they neuer stay in one place, but are euer wandering). 1668 in New-Eng. Historical & Geneal. Reg. (1880) XXXIV. 298 It pleased God to restrain the Palmer worm amongst vs in y^e Bay and to spare our fruit trees. 1731 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 12/1 The depredations of Locusts, Palmer-worms, Caterpillars and other pestiferous Vermin. 1781 G. White Jrnl. 24 Aug. (1970) xiv. 192 Tho' white butterflies abound, & lay many eggs on the cabbages; yet..they do not hatch and turn to palmers. 1836 A. Ronalds Fly-fisher's Entomol. 111 Red Palmer. This is the caterpillar of the Arctia caga or Tiger Moth... Brown Palmer. This is the caterpillar of the Spilosoma lubricepeda, or common Ermine Moth. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Palmer,..a wood-louse. 1901 Bull. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exper. Station No. 187. 83 It was not until about 1800 that the name[s] canker-worm and palmer-worm were restricted to certain insects and given their present signification in the United States. 1925 G. W. Herrick Man. Injurious Insects xii. 113 The palmer-worm is an old pest, serious in certain seasons mainly in the northeastern United States. 1962 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) 686 Injured areas more shallow, often merely the surface of the apple eaten away... Palmerworm, Dichomeris ligulella. b. Angling. An artificial fly covered with bristling hairs or fibres, esp. from a hackle wound in an open spiral along the length of the shank. Frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 5 There are severall kindes of Palmers that are good for that time. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 93 Golden Palmer, or Hackle. 1836 A. Ronalds Fly-fisher's Entomol. 33 Snip off all the remnants, and your red Palmer..will be ready to make a pilgrimage in search of a Trout. 1875 R. D. Blackmore Alice Lorraine 51/1 He kept the grizzled palmer still for tail-fly, and he tried his knots, for he knew that this trout was a Triton. 1986 Trout Fisherman July 23/2 Palmer patterns can really pull fish; choose palmers with claret, brown, or dark green bodies, brown hackles, and the added fluorescent attraction of neon magenta, signal green, or crimson tails. 1992 C. B. McCully Fly-fishing 94 Fished from a boat, the palmer hackle causes an attractive wake. Compounds C1. a. (In sense 1.) † palmer-man n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > pilgrimage > [noun] > one who makes pilgrimc1225 palmerc1300 pelerina1350 pilgrimera1475 peregrine1570 pilgrimagerc1650 visitant1698 palmer-man1885 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. V. cdxxxv. 187 The palmer-man drank the bitter draught. palmer-staff n. (also palmer's-staff) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > pilgrim's staff bourdona1300 palster1481 Jacob's staff1548 palmer-staff1595 1595 G. Peele Old Wiues Tale sig. B2 I will giue thee a Palmers staffe of Yuorie. 1623 J. Wodroephe Spared Houres Souldier 460/2 The Pilgrimes of my Deseignes shall alwayes be furnished with the Palmer Staffe of Courage. 1854 J. D. Burns Pilgrims iii, in Vision of Prophecy 77 Soon the feeble palmer-staff Was shivered like a wand. 1987 Times (Nexis) 20 Sept. The chorus is solid, the pilgrims are frozen in mid genuflexion, the palmer's staff resolutely refuses to bloom in act three. † palmer-weed n. (also palmer's-weed) Obsolete ΚΠ a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 2343 (MED) Seþyn toke þe knyȝt palmers wede, And yn to þe holy londe he ȝede. c1550 Clariodus (1830) iii. 1927 Thus went he furth in palmer weid allone. 1845 G. Murray Islaford 33 He reached his home in Palmer-weeds. b. (In sense 2b.) † palmer bob n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs angletwitcheOE wormc1320 codwormc1450 redwormc1450 gentle1577 touchangle1581 bob1589 Jack1601 dug1608 codbait1620 caddis-worm1627 caddis1653 cockspur1653 lob-worm1653 marsh worm1653 gilt tail1656 cadew1668 cad1674 ash-grub1676 clap-bait1681 whitebait1681 earth-bob1696 jag-tail1736 buzz1760 treachet1787 angleworm1788 cow-turd-bob1798 palmer bob1814 slob1814 angledog1832 caddis-bait1833 sedge-worm1839 snake feeder1861 hellgrammite1866 easworm1872 cow-dung bob1880 snake doctora1883 1814 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 94 My flies..were the yellow dun at bottom and red palmer bob. palmer fly n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of moor flylOE drake-flya1450 dub-flya1450 dun cut1496 dun fly1496 louper1496 red fly1616 moorish fly1635 palmer1653 palmer fly1653 red hackle1653 red palmer1653 shell-fly1653 orange fly1662 blackfly1669 dun1676 dun hackle1676 hackle1676 mayfly1676 peacock fly1676 thorn-tree fly1676 turkey-fly1676 violet-fly1676 whirling dun1676 badger fly1681 greenfly1686 moorish brown1689 prime dun1696 sandfly1700 grey midge1724 whirling blue1747 dun drake?1758 death drake1766 hackle fly1786 badger1787 blue1787 brown-fly1787 camel-brown1787 spinner1787 midge1799 night-fly1799 thorn-fly1799 turkey1799 withy-fly1799 grayling fly1811 sun fly1820 cock-a-bondy1835 brown moth1837 bunting-lark fly1837 governor1837 water-hen hackle1837 Waterloo fly1837 coachman1839 soldier palmer1839 blue jay1843 red tag1850 canary1855 white-tip1856 spider1857 bumble1859 doctor1860 ibis1863 Jock Scott1866 eagle1867 highlander1867 jay1867 John Scott1867 judge1867 parson1867 priest1867 snow-fly1867 Jack Scott1874 Alexandra1875 silver doctor1875 Alexandra fly1882 grackle1894 grizzly queen1894 heckle-fly1897 Zulu1898 thunder and lightning1910 streamer1919 Devon1924 peacock1950 1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 12 We will begin to make the Palmer flie. 1864 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 304/1 Beside the blithe river where Walton had cast, in other days, a gray palmer-fly. 1997 Canberra Times (Nexis) 25 Sept. 19 Tie a small (No 16 or so) palmer fly with a red tag and a body of badger hackles wound right along the shank. palmer-worm n. see sense 2a. C2. † palmer-serpent n. Obsolete = sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > group of venomous snakes > venomous snake deaf addereOE adderOE aspidec1000 shadow-addera1382 chelydre1393 tyre1471 viper1526 seps?1527 aspic1530 thirsty snake1567 aspworm1587 cheliderect?1590 viper-worm1605 palmer-serpent1608 polonga1681 asp1710 thirst-serpent1731 venom-snake1845 thanatophidian1891 solenoglyph1913 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 214 Unto this Porphyre I may adde the Palmer-serpent, which Strabo wryteth doth kill with an vnrecouerable poyson, & it is also of a Scarlet colour. † palmer trout n. British regional Obsolete = samlet n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > salmo salar (salmon) > young gilling1366 salmonet1576 springling1647 samlet1653 skegger1653 Samson1769 skirling1776 salmon sprint1790 summer cock1790 palmer trout1836 girling1861 springling1873 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. p. xxxvii Palmer Trout. 1865 J. Couch Hist. Fishes Brit. Islands IV. 245 Samlet, or Parr... Branlin. Palmer Trout... Salmo Salmulus. Derivatives ˈpalmered adj. Angling (of a fishing fly or its hackle) dressed in the manner of a palmer (sense 2b). ΚΠ 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Oct. c11/1 A little dry fly of palmered grizzly hackle, wound through a body of dubbed rabbit fur. 2002 Evening News (Edinburgh) (Nexis) 10 Aug. Using a floating line and a two-fly cast with a silver dabbler and palmered olive he took second position with a bag weight of 10lbs 9 ozs. † palmer-like adj. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 11 White head and palmer-like beard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). palmern.² Brit. /ˈpɑːmə/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)mər/ Forms: Middle English palmare, Middle English pamere, Middle English paumer, Middle English paumere, Middle English pawmer, Middle English pawmere, Middle English–1600s 1900s– palmer, 1600s palmar (Scottish), 1600s paulmer. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French paumer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman paumer (13th cent.) < paume palm n.² + -er -er suffix². Compare earlier palmery n.¹ Now rare. A flat piece of wood used for striking the palm of the hand as a punishment; a ferule. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > ferule or flat piece of wood palmeryc1300 palmera1387 ferule-rod1528 ferule1559 ferula1579 ferular1594 paddle1828 spatula1830 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 221 He hadde forȝete to say his orisoun..and seynt Iohn þe Evangelist appered to hym in his slepe, and manassede hym to smyte wiþ a pamere [v.rr. pawmere, paumere; ?a1475 anon. tr. palmer; L. ferula]. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 387 Pawmere, ferula. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 92 A palmare in scole, ferula, hortatorium, palmatorium. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips xxi. 133 Children are kept in awe with the Palmer, least they forget them selues. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ferule, a Ferula, or Paulmer vsed in Schooles for correction. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Palmer, a certain instrument wherewith school-boys are struck on the palms of their hands. 1670 J. A. Comenius Janua Ling. Triling. 130 He who is slothful is chastifed with a ferula (palmer). 1958 J. L. Taylor Portuguese–Eng. Dict. at Palmatória A palmer or ferrule (for striking school boys on the palm of the hand). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † palmern.³ Forms: Middle English palmyer, Middle English paulmer, Middle English–1500s palmer, 1500s palmare, 1500s palmier; Scottish pre-1700 palmeir, pre-1700 pawmer. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French palmier. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman palmier, paulmer, paumere and Middle French palmier, paumier palm tree (first half of the 12th cent. in Old French) < palme palm n.¹ + -ier -ier suffix. Compare Portuguese palmeira (1059), Spanish palmera (a1384), Italian †palmero (1611 in Florio).Compare also the rare palmar, in the same sense (one isolated attestation: see below; < Spanish palmar (a1495)):a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 84 In this lond of arabia felix the chefest wode that thei have toward the stret of the red see be palmares [Sp. palmares]. Obsolete. A palm tree, esp. the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, the coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, or the toddy palm or jaggery palm, Caryota urens. Also more fully palmer tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > palm-tree palmeOE palm treeOE palmerc1400 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 palmeOE palm treeOE palmerc1400 brab1698 palmyra1698 borassus1798 lontar1820 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > coconut tree coco1555 coco tree1598 palmer tree1599 coconut1625 coconut tree1625 palmacoco1681 coco palm1760 coconut palm1764 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > coconut > coconut-tree coco1555 coco tree1598 palmer tree1599 coconut1625 palmacoco1681 coco palm1760 double coconut1775 c1400 Femina (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 53 Biux, paulmer, & arrable..Box, palmer [v.r. palm tre], & mapul. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. x. 88 In ynde groweth a tree moche grete and right fayr..and is called palmyer and bereth dates. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cclxi/2 The sayd Symeon..was clommen on a palmyer. ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Di ^v Palmier, datiers. 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 7 There commeth euery yeare from Cochin..great ships, laden with great Nuts cured, and with sugar made of the self same Nuts called Giagra: the tree wheron these nuts do grow is called the Palmer tree. 1599 R. Fitch in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 252 Sugar which is made of the nutte called Gagara: the tree is called the palmer. Compounds † palmernut n. Obsolete rare a coconut. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > coconut palmernuta1500 coco1555 coconut1589 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > coconut palmernuta1500 coco1555 coconut1589 coco de mer1864 a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 711/17 Cucumur, a palmernutte. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). palmern.⁴ Brit. /ˈpɑːmə/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)mər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: palm v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < palm v. + -er suffix¹. A person who conceals cards, dice, etc., in the hand in order to cheat at a game; a conjuror who conceals objects in the hand. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > card-sharper Greek1528 cheaterc1555 packer1586 palmer1671 operator1731 card sharp1840 card-sharper1841 mechanic1897 sharpie1942 card shark2002 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > player > cheat colec1555 foisterc1555 cogger1576 palmer1671 topper1671 tat-monger1688 tatsman1825 dice-man1871 1671 T. Shadwell Humorists iii. 40 I saw you,..by the help of a dozen men, chastize one poor Topper or Palmer. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Palmer,..one that deceitfully cozens or cogs at Cards or Dice, by keeping some of them in his Hand unseen. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Mar. 5/1 The clever conjurer..as a palmer and a passer..takes a high rank. 1901 J. Davidson Self's the Man v. 218 Spread abroad By beggars, palmers, jugglers, mountebanks. 2001 Sunday Times (Nexis) 21 Oct. The most memorable passages of the book come when Gold re-creates this lost masonry of conjurors and escapists, illusionists and coin palmers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Palmern.⁵ Brit. /ˈpɑːmə/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)mər/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Palmer. Etymology: < the name of Château Palmer (named after its former owner Major-General Charles Palmer (1777–1851)), in the communes of Margaux and Cantenac, department of Gironde, where the wine is made. A third growth Bordeaux wine, produced at the Château Palmer. Also more fully Château Palmer. ΚΠ 1866 Wine Trade Rev. 19 May 76/1 Public Sale of Choice Wines in Bottle... 24 Palmer. 1920 G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-bk. (1921) iv. 52 Mouton Rothschild and Palmer were at worst satisfactory. 1996 H. Marks Mr Nice (1998) x. 283 There was plenty of Chateau Palmer to wash it down. 2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 Mar. f7 When one considers that Chateau Margaux '98 will sell for $150 per bottle and Palmer for $75, Rauzan-Segla begins to look almost like a bargain. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). palmerv. Brit. /ˈpɑːmə/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)mər/, Scottish English /ˈpɔmər/ Forms: English regional (Cumberland) 1800s palmer; Scottish 1800s– palmer, 1800s– paumer, 1800s– pawmer, 1900s– pamer, 1900s– pammer (north-eastern). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: palmer n.¹ Etymology: < palmer n.¹ Now Scottish (rare). intransitive. To wander about like a vagrant; to walk aimlessly about; to saunter or stroll. Also: to walk clumsily or noisily, to blunder about. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > idly roil?c1335 gada1500 stavera1500 vaguea1525 scoterlope1574 idle1599 haika1605 saunter1671 stravaig1801 palmer1805 streel1805 taver1808 traik1818 gander1822 gallivant1823 gilravage1825 project1828 daud1831 meander1831 to knock about1833 to kick about1839 to knock round1848 piroot1858 sashay1865 june1869 tootle1902 slop1907 beetle1919 stooge1941 swan1942 1805 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (ed. 2) 114 A palmer'd out as chance wad heft, An till a neybors house a tuok. 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 208 Up an' paumerin aboot the toon' o' the seelence o' the nicht. 1915 H. Beaton At Back o' Benachie 48 In case we be in sic a plisky, I'll awa' tae the Kirktoon, an' some fouks wull be pamerin' aboot likely. 1955 F. Swinnerton Summer Intrigue 84 Sam palmered back to his shop. 2020 S. Blackhall in Lallans 97 43 A rubbit pammers oot on furry flanks. Derivatives ˈpalmering adj. ΚΠ 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xiv. 340 Ony auld palmering body that was coming down the edge of Kinblythemont. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1300n.²a1387n.³c1400n.⁴1671n.⁵1866v.1805
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