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1. The part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
2. A linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand (from 3 to 4 inches (7½–10 centimeters), based on the breadth of the hand.
3. A linear measure of from 7 to 10 inches (17½–25 centimeters), based on the length of the hand. 4. The corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal.
5. A part of a glove covering this part of the hand.
6. Sailmaker's palm: A stiff rawhide or metal shield worn over this part of the hand by sailmakers to serve as a thimble.
7. The flat, expanded part of the horn or antler of a deer.
8. A flat, widened part at the end of an armlike projection.
9. The blade of an oar.
10. The inner face of an anchor fluke.
11. To grease someone's palm, to give money to; especially, as a bribe.
12. To conceal in the palm, as in cheating at cards or dice or in juggling.
13. To pick up stealthily (secretly, clandestinely, or surreptitiously).
14. To impose (something) fraudulently; such as, to palm stolen jewels on someone.
15. To palm off, to dispose of by deception, trickery, or fraud; to substitute (something) with intent to deceive: "Someone had palmed off a forgery on the couple when they bought the house."
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(Greek palame > Latin palma: palm of the hand)
(Latin: marked with the palm of the hand; adorned with palm leaves; used primarily in the sense of "having five lobes that diverge from a common center" [as fingers from an open palm])
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palmicole (verb), palmicoles; palmicoled; palmicoling: palm-trees
Growing upon or inhabiting palm-trees.
This entry is located in the following unit: -cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous (page 16)
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Paralvinella palmiformis, palm worms
Palm worms live in dense colonies around the hydrothermal vents found along the northern section of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, off the coast of Canada.

Although the surrounding waters are laden with metals that would be lethal to humans, they do not seem to bother the worms.

They form colonies that resemble impregnable bushes, but they don't seem to repel the gastropods and scale worms seem to be dusted with organic and mineral particles.

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