Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Palming"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palm \Palm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Palming}.]
1. To handle. [Obs.] --Prior.
2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand;
to juggle.
They palmed the trick that lost the game. --Prior.
3. To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by
unfair means; -- usually with off.
For you may palm upon us new for old. --Dryden.
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