OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2626

palm

/pɑːm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
palma • palma de la mano
The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
The open palm of desire wants everything.
[She] flung herself / Down on the great King's couch, and writhed upon it, / And clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm, / And shriek'd out 'traitor' to the unhearing wall, [……
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