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Palmed (gcide) | Palm \Palm\ (p[aum]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palmed (p[aum]md);
p. pr. & vb. n. Palming.]
1. To handle. [Obs.] --Prior.
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2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand;
to juggle.
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They palmed the trick that lost the game. --Prior.
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3. Hence: To take (something small) stealthily, especially by
concealing it in the palm of the hand; as, he palmed one
of the coins and walked out with it.
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4. To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by
unfair means; -- usually with on or upon; as, to palm a
stolen coin on an unsuspecting dealer. See also {palm
off}.
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For you may palm upon us new for old. --Dryden.
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Palmed (gcide) | Palmed \Palmed\, a.
Having or bearing a palm or palms.
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Palmed deer (Zool.), a stag of full growth, bearing palms.
See 1st Palm, 4.
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High-palmed (gcide) | High-palmed \High"-palmed`\, a. (Zool.)
Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
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Palmed deer (gcide) | Palmed \Palmed\, a.
Having or bearing a palm or palms.
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Palmed deer (Zool.), a stag of full growth, bearing palms.
See 1st Palm, 4.
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