单词 | palming |
释义 | palmingn.1 Now rare. ΚΠ OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: John xv. 2 Omnem palmitem in me non ferentem fructum tollet eum : all þæt palmung..in mec ne brengende uæstem nimeð hine. 2. English regional. The action of gathering willow branches or similar to represent palm fronds on Palm Sunday; a display of these branches. Cf. palmsunning n.Earliest in to go a palming. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Week > [noun] > Palm Sunday > gathering palm branches for palming1825 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 396 It is still customary..to go a palming..on Palm Sunday morning;..gathering branches of the willow or sallow with their grey..buds. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 413/2 ‘Going a Palming’ is a popular custom on the Saturday before Palm Sunday. 1996 Time Out 27 Mar. 19/2 The most theatrical palming to be found is usually at the massive Morningside Heights cathedral. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). palmingn.2 The action of palm v. 1. a. The action of concealing something in the palm of the hand, esp. in order to cheat at a game, or in the course of a conjuring trick. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > methods of palm1664 high game1665 palming1671 slick1674 brief1680 gammoning1700 shoulder-dash1711 bridge1773 weaving1803 bridging1843 palmistry1859 slipping1864 stocking1887 big mitt1903 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > cheating cogc1555 coggingc1555 slura1643 knapa1658 topping1663 petard1664 prick-penny1664 knapping1671 palming1671 gammoning1700 top1709 eclipse1711 peep1711 waxing1726 sightingc1752 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > types of knife-playinga1400 fire-eating1754 pyrotechnics1778 salamandership1787 juggling1836 second sight1859 sword-swallowing1873 palming1899 pyro1987 1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue IV. xviii. sig. R*5v When late at night and the company grows thin and your eyes dim with watching then is the time for false Dice to be put on the ignorant then also is there a security in Palming, Tobping, Slurring, &c. 1710 H. Bedford Vindic. Church of Eng. Pref. 54 The palming by Religious Juglers. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Box Our sharpers have opportunities of playing divers tricks with the box, as palming, topping, slabbing. 1803 Sporting Mag. 21 326 Palming, or handling the cards—so called from the cards being secured in the palm of the hand. 1840 W. C. Curteis Rep. Cases Eccl. Courts 1 414 (note) He..detected him slipping the king, commonly called ‘palming’, for the purpose of cheating..him. 1899 Daily News 6 May 8/5 Such as are fond of palming and conjuring. 1975 R. Davies World of Wonders (1977) i. vii. 74 With coins he taught me all the basic work of palming and passing, the French drop, [etc.]. 1991 J. Archer As Crow Flies (BNC) 15 That's when I first learned about palming. Sometimes, after I'd given them back their money, the customer would open the palm of their hand and I would discover that one of the coins I had passed over had suddenly disappeared. b. palming off n. the action of passing off by trickery, fraud, or misrepresentation; (originally U.S. Law) the action of selling or displaying the product or property of another as one's own (= passing off n. at passing n. Phrases 2b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > fraudulent substitution > so as to get rid of palming off1873 passing off1900 1873 J. D. McCabe Behind Scenes in Washington 234 A double deception falls to their lot: the palming off of themselves, and the making good of the spurious claims of those they work for. 1891 Atlantic Reporter 21 613/2 The language of the court imports an intentional deceit and palming off. 1925 Federal Reporter (1926) 2nd Ser. 7 604/1 In the case at bar the means are as plainly unlawful as in the usual case of palming off. It is as unlawful to lie about the quality of one's wares as about their maker. 1965 A. Bogsch in N.Y. Suppl. 329/2 The principle of ‘passing off’ or ‘palming off’. 1991 J. M. Gaines Contested Culture 274 Shaw sued for unfair competition and palming off. 2. The action of touching, grasping, or striking a person, part of the body, etc., with the palm of the hand.In quot. 1681 with play on sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [noun] > touching with the palm palming1681 palmation1688 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar ii. iv. 28 He strokes her face..Gom. Hold, hold, Father;..Palming is alwaies held foul play amongst Gamesters. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body ii. 20 Hold, hold, hold, no Palming, that's contrary to Articles. 1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant iii. 36 There's no Good ever comes of Romping and Palming: I never gave my Hand to any Man without a Glove—except Sir Simon. 1812 Ld. Byron Waltz xiii Till some might marvel, with the modest Turk, If ‘nothing follows all this palming work?’ a1887 J. G. Saxe Othello in Poet. Wks. (1889) 242 Reflecting upon her In damnable hints, and by fragments of news About palming and presents, himself had invented. 1990 Health Guardian Nov. 11/2 A leading exponent..recommends palming (covering closed eyes with the palms of the hands) for one minute in 12. 1993 S. Gray Gray's Anat. (1994) 32 He healed himself of cataracts with a very simple method, similar to the Bates method, which involves rubbing your hands together, then palming your eyes. It's called palming. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † palmingadj.1 Obsolete. rare. Of an antler: palmate. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [adjective] > having antlers > having flattened stems palmedc1425 palmingc1425 high-palmed1612 c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 22 (MED) A Buk..is lasse þan an hert, and..his hed is pamed, and longe pamyng. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † palmingadj.2 Obsolete. rare. That touches or grasps with the hand. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [adjective] > with the palm palming1775 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. i. 25 But country-dances!..to run the gauntlet thro' a string of amorous palming puppies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1OEn.21671adj.1c1425adj.21775 |
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