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English Dictionary: (palm)	by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
PalmPalm\Palm\, v. t. To [bd]grease the palm[b8] of; to bribe or tip. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
PalmPalm\Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palmpalmtree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palmpalm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palmpalm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palmpalmalone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {PalmPalmcabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {PalmPalmcat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {PalmPalmcrab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {PalmPalmoil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palmpalm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {PalmPalmswift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {PalmPalmtoddy}. Same as {PalmPalmwine}. {PalmPalmweevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palmpalmtrees, and are called {palmpalmborers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {PalmPalmwine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palmpalm({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palmpalmtoddy}. {PalmPalmworm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palmpalmweevil. (b) A centipede.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
PalmPalm\Palm\, n. [OE. paume, F. paume, L. palma, Gr. [?], akin to Skr. p[be]ni hand, and E. fumble. See {Fumble}, {Feel}, and cf. 2d {Palm}.] 1. (Anat.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist. Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm. --Tennyson. 2. A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height. Note: In Greece, the palmpalmwas reckoned at three inches. The Romans adopted two measures of this name, the lesser palmpalmof 2.91 inches, and the greater palmpalmof 8.73 inches. At the present day, this measure varies in the most arbitrary manner, being different in each country, and occasionally varying in the same. --Internat. Cyc. 3. (Sailmaking) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palmpalmof the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palmpalmof the hand with its protruding fingers. 5. (Naut.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
PalmPalm\Palm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palming}.] 1. To handle. [Obs.] --Prior. 2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palmpalmof the hand; to juggle. They palmed the trick that lost the game. --Prior. 3. To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off. For you may palmpalmupon us new for old. --Dryden.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palm, PA Zip code(s): 18070