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单词 palming
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palmingn.1

Brit. /ˈpɑːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)mɪŋ/
Forms: see palm n.1 and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: palm n.1, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < palm n.1 + -ing suffix1. In sense 1 after classical Latin palmes, in the same sense (see palmit n.). With sense 2 compare earlier palmsunning n.The word apparently became obsolete at the end of the Old English period and was re-formed in the 19th cent.
Now rare.
1. A branch or shoot of a vine. Obsolete. 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.
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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

Brit. /ˈpɑːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑ(l)mɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: palm v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < palm v. + -ing suffix1.With palming off (see sense 1b) compare to palm off (see palm v. 2a).
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.
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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).
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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.
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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

Forms: late Middle English pamyng, late Middle English pamynge.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: palm n.2, -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < palm n.2 + -ing suffix2.
Obsolete. rare.
Of an antler: palmate.
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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

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: palm v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < palm v. + -ing suffix2.
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).
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