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chirology

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Chi`rol´o`gy
n.1.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.

chirology, cheirology
Rare. the study of the hands.
See also: Hands
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Noun1.chirologychirology - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
fortune telling, soothsaying, foretelling, divination - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means


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