| 单词 | sun line |
| 释义 | > as lemmassun line sun line n. (a) Palmistry (also with capital initial(s)) a line starting at the base of the ring finger and extending towards the base of the palm; = line of (the) sun at Phrases 4d(b); (b) a line used in the alignment of a portable sundial. [With sense (a) compare post-classical Latin via solis (1649 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand > other lines line of the livera1440 sister1558 headline1571 liver line1571 discriminal1652 heart line1652 line of (the) sun1653 natural line1653 sun line1653 dragon's tail1678 fate-line1889 the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [noun] > sundial > parts of pinOE gnomon1546 style1577 cock1585 hour-line1593 substyle1593 index1594 noon-line1596 incliner1638 substylara1652 substylar linea1652 staff1669 nodus1678 node1704 stylus1796 noon-mark1842 sun line1877 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 68 The lines which issue from the Sun-line, and go to the Table-line, signifie Children. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 161/1 Draw the sun-line at the top of the card. 1895 Arena (Boston) July 337 The sun line rises in plain of Mars (centre of palm) and runs up to the Mount of the Sun (below base of third finger). 1969 F. W. Cousins Sundials 171 Draw the sun-line at the top of the card parallel to the line ACB. 1998 G. S. Birla Love in Palm of your Hand 84/2 Although fortunate, as reflected by the presence of a Sun line, her indecision is also seen by the fact that she has too many Sun lines. < as lemmas |
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