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the touch of a king's hand as a (supposed) cure for scrofula; = king's touch n.
spec. The touching by English sovereigns for the king's evil.
The action or fact of placing a part of the body (esp. the hand or finger) in contact with anything so as to feel it or otherwise interact with it…