Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chirology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chirology \Chi*rol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. chei`r hand + -logy.]
The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of
communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and
fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in
intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See {Dactylalogy}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chirology
n : telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn: {palmistry},
{palm reading}, {chiromancy}]
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