单词 | the table of the hand |
释义 | > as lemmasthe table of the hand 22. Palmistry. Also more fully the table of the hand. The space between the table line and the natural line. Cf. quadrangle n. 1b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > specific area of the hand tablea1440 quadranglec1450 a1440 Old Palmistry (Digby) 26 (MED) Yf this lyne of the table entur be twen the shewer and the myddul fyngur, it tokenyth in a manne perile of deth of yron. c1450 J. Metham Palmistry (Garrett) in Wks. (1916) 86 (MED) The fourthe lyne ys the tabyl lyne, for that parte off the hand ys clepyd the tabyl, the qwyche ys be-twene the myd lyne and the tabyl lyne. 1556 T. Hill tr. B. Cocles Brief Epitomye Phisiognomie sig. E.iiii v The table in the hande small or narrowe, and the fyngers greate, suche a person is geuen to wryte wel or perfitlye. 1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xxxviii. 169v Such a person, which hath the Table in the hande large, and the fingers slender and long, is iudged to be subtill in a naturall facultie. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 153 If any man in Italy haue a fayrer table which dooth offer to sweare vpon a booke, I shall haue good fortune. View more context for this quotation 1625 J. Shirley Love Tricks (1631) v. i. 63 In this table Lies your story; 'tis no fable, Not a line within your hand But I easily vnderstand. 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 87 This space is called the Table of the hand, which hath on the one side the Mensal Line, on the other the middle Natural Line. 1711 ‘Dr. Saman’ tr. Aristotle's Last Legacy 21 The Table Line is in the middle or Table of the Hand. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. i. 13 You shall in a brief space be menaced with mighty danger; which I infer from this bright blood-red line cutting the table-line transversely, and intimating stroke of sword. 1883 H. Frith & E. Heron-Allen Chiromancy 138 The Quadrangle..is sometimes called the table of the Hand. 1932 Bk. of Fate & Fortune i. iii. 182 This is the rectangular space, also called the Table of the hand, situate between the heart and head lines. < as lemmas |
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