palm|is|try

palm|is|try
palm|is|try «PAH muh stree, PAHL-», noun.
the supposed art, or its practice, of telling a person's fortune, or of describing his character, from the lines and marks in the palm of his hand; chiromancy.
[Middle English palmestrie < palme palm1]

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