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palmspannounA measure of length equivalent to the breadth of the palm of an average human hand.
palmnounThe inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
spannounThe full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
palmanounA city and port, the capital of the Balearic Islands, Spain, on the island of Mallorca; in full, Palma de Mallorca.
palmonoun(historical, measure) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm.
palmloadnounThe amount of something which can be held in one's palm of their hand.
fingerwidthnounA width approximately one finger wide.
handfulnounThe amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
handspannounThe distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement.
fistmelenoun(archery) A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6½ inches or 16½ centimetres).
handfullnounArchaic form of handful. [The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.]
spithamenoun(historical) The span of a human hand, as a unit of measure in Ancient Greece.
gripnounA hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand.
bare handnounAn ungloved hand.
shaftmentnounTraditionally the width of the fist and outstretched thumb.
loofnounThe spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca).
pugilnoun(obsolete, also figurative) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.
handnounThe part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
pannumnoun(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Bread; food.
pecknounAn act of striking with a beak.

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