† palmastrern.
Obsolete. rare.
= palmist n.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > one who practises
palmister?a1505
palmastrer1561
chiromancer1573
chiromantine1601
chiromantist1652
chirosopher1652
chiromantic1653
palmist1875
chiromant1876
chirognomist1883
chiromancist1889
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Tt.iiiiv Palmastrers [1577 palmestrers] by the visage knowe manye tymes the condicions, and otherwhile the thoughtes of menne.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1561- stretch jet
- stretch limo
- stretch limousine
- stretch mark
- stretch of language
- stretch one's legs
- stretch one's length
- stretch one's oars
- stretch one's wings
- stretch out
- stretch out into a gallop
- stretch out one's legs
- stretch plane
- stretch receptor
- stretch reflex
- stretch run
- stretch spinning
- stretch string
- stretch the rules
- stretch things
- stretch to the oar
- stretch to the stroke
- stretch turn
- stretch wing to weather
- stretch-bench