palmistry

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Palmistry, the art of reading character from the lines and marks on the palm of the hand, according to which some pretend to read fortunes as well.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

In it, the rules of Palmistry that I have given in the following pages are borne out in all their details.

From Palmistry for All by Cheiro

Palmistry seems too absurd to be discussed, but it is another half-way house.

From Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge by Culpin, Millais

Journal, full of interesting and entertaining matter, has lately been giving very sensible advice as to Palmistry, which is again in vogue.

From Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 by Various

All these branches of science, including Palmistry, are nearly connected; the features and the fingers, mounts, lines, etc. being referred to the sun, moon and planets.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir