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单词 saturnine line
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Saturnine line
Saturnine line n. Palmistry Obsolete a line running from the wrist to the base of the middle finger, and supposed to give some indication of a person's fate (now more usually line of fortune: see line n.2 8b).
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1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xvii. f. 51 Of the Saturnine and Martiall slendernesse, doth the Phisiognomer here omit to write, willing the iudgers in this Arte, diligentlye to consider the Saturnine lines, both in the foreheade and hand.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. i. iv. 77 The Saturnine line going from the Rascetta, through the hand, to Saturnes mount, and there intersected by certaine little lines, argues melancholy.
1793 Astrologer's Mag. Aug. 36/1 The Saturnine-line most commonly supplies the place of the vital line, principally when it is bowed and reflexed towards the superior part of the wrist, above the mount of the thumb.
1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I. 814/3 (caption) The human hand... 11. Linea fortunæ, or saturnine line.
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