palm

  • 61palm — See: CARRY OFF THE PALM, GREASE ONE S PALM, ITCHING PALM …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 62palm — See: CARRY OFF THE PALM, GREASE ONE S PALM, ITCHING PALM …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 63palm — 1. noun /pɑːm,pɑm,pɑlm/ a) Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics. The open palm of desire wants everything. b) The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends… …

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  • 64Palm — I Palm   [zu Palme] der, s/ e, christlicher Volksbrauch: ein Zweig, der in katholischen Gebieten zur Erinnerung an den Einzug Christi in Jerusalem am Palmsonntag in der Kirche geweiht wird. In südlichen Ländern werden Zweige des Ölbaumes… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 65palm — See: carry off the palm, grease one s palm, itching palm …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 66palm — grease someone s palm have someone in the palm of one s hand palm off …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 67palm — I n 1. hand, open hand; extremity, Sl. mitt, Sl. paw, Sl. fin, Sl. flipper; (all of animals) paw, foot, pad, Zool. forefoot, Anat., Zool. manus. 2. cross or grease someone’s palm give money to, bribe, pay off, buy, buy off, suborn, corrupt; fix,… …

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  • 68palm — [pɑːm] noun [C] I 1) the inside part of your hand, between your fingers and your wrist 2) a PALM TREE II verb palm [pɑːm] palm sb/sth off …

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  • 69palm —   1. Tree. Pāma, pālama; niu (coconut). See fan palm.   2. Surface of hand. Poho, poho lima.    ♦ Center of palm, poli lima.    ♦ Solid palm of hand, poho kano (fig., stingy) …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 70palm —    1. a traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a person s palm. The palm equals 4 digits or 1/6 cubit, which is about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters. This unit was used very commonly in medieval and early modern Britain. Similar units,… …

    Dictionary of units of measurement