| 单词 | table line |
| 释义 | > as lemmastable line table line n. [compare Anglo-Norman ligne tabilouse (second half of the 14th cent. or earlier)] Palmistry (now historical) the line running from beneath the little finger to the base of the index or middle finger, forming the upper boundary of the table (sense 22). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand > line of fortune table linec1450 mensal line?1602 c1450 J. Metham Palmistry (Garrett) in Wks. (1916) 86 The fourthe lyne ys the tabyl lyne, for that parte off the hand ys clepyd the tabyl, the qwyche ys be-twene the myd lyne and the tabyl lyne. 1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde f. 168v The Table lyne, or the lyne of generation, and strength of the bodie. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 45 He that hath the Table-line broad, and well-coloured, he is jocund and couragious. 1791 Every Lady's Own Fortune-teller iii. 46 When the table line is broad, strong, and well marked, it shews the person to be of a sound constitution. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. i. 13 You shall in a brief space be menaced with mighty danger; which I infer from this bright blood-red line cutting the table-line transversely, and intimating stroke of sword. 1947 Mod. Lang. Notes 62 4 In the practice of chiromancy, it must be understood that there are five principle lines in the hand: (1) the table line or line of fortune. 1992 W. Rothwell et al. Anglo-Norman Dict. 761/1 Ligne tabilouse, (in palmistry) mensal line, table-line. < as lemmas |
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