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Chirology  n.  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.





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"Chirology" Quotes from Famous Books



... distinctly and without error the amount of passion which he carries within him. This mysterious gynometer is traced in the hollow of the hand, for the hand is really that one of our members which bears the impress most plainly of our characters. Chirology is a fifth work which I bequeath to my successors, for I am contented here to make known but the elements of this ...
— The Physiology of Marriage, Part II. • Honore de Balzac


Words linked to "Chirology" :   chiromancy, soothsaying, palm reading, fortune telling, divination, palmistry, foretelling


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