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Palm.


1. (Nautical.) a. The sailmaker's substitute for a thimble. It goes over the hand, and has a fitted shield by which the needle is pushed through the canvas.

b. The flat face of an anchor-fluke which forms the holding surface. See anchor.

2. The breadth of the hand, four inches.

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