Windmill Definition–noun | 1. | any of various machines for grinding, pumping, etc., driven by the force of the wind acting upon a number of vanes or sails. | | 2. | (loosely) a wind generator; wind plant. | | 3. | Aeronautics. a small air turbine with blades, like those of an airplane propeller, exposed on a moving aircraft and driven by the air, used to operate gasoline pumps, radio apparatus, etc. | | 4. | an imaginary opponent, wrong, etc. (in allusion to Cervantes' Don Quixote): to tilt at windmills. | –verb (used without object), verb (used with object) | 5. | Aeronautics. (of a propeller engine or turbojet engine) to rotate or cause to rotate solely under the force of a passing airstream. | |
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Palm Definition–noun | 1. | the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. | | 2. | the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal. | | 3. | the part of a glove covering this part of the hand. | | 4. | Also called sailmaker's palm. a stiff rawhide or metal shield worn over this part of the hand by sailmakers to serve as a thimble. | | 5. | a linear measure of from 3 to 4 inches (7 1/2 –10 centimeters), based on the breadth of the hand. | | 6. | a linear measure of from 7 to 10 inches (17 1/2 –25 centimeters), based on the length of the hand. | | 7. | the flat, expanded part of the horn or antler of a deer. | | 8. | a flat, widened part at the end of an armlike projection. | | 9. | Nautical. | b. | the inner face of an anchor fluke. | | c. | (loosely) an anchor fluke. | | | 10. | a flat-topped bearing member at the head of a stanchion. | –verb (used with object) | 11. | to conceal in the palm, as in cheating at cards or dice or in juggling. | | 12. | to pick up stealthily. | | 14. | to impose (something) fraudulently (usually fol. by on or upon): to palm stolen jewels on someone. | | 15. | to touch or stroke with the palm or hand. | | 17. | Basketball. to grip (the ball) momentarily with the hand in the act of dribbling. | —Verb phrase | 18. | palm off, to dispose of by deception, trickery, or fraud; substitute (something) with intent to deceive: Someone had palmed off a forgery on the museum officials. | —Idiom | 19. | grease someone's palm, to give money to, esp. as a bribe: Before any work could begin, it was necessary to grease the superintendent's palm. |
Origin: 1300–50; < L palma (c. OE folm hand); r. ME paume < MF < L palma |
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Los Angeles Times - Found Oct. 25, 2008
... coffee.The Windmill Palm – Trachycarpus fortunei If 'cold hardy' is not the first characteristic one associates with the Windmill Palm in...
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The Oregonian - Found 2 hours ago
I still hold out hope, though. The tips of my windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei) droop a bit, but that happens every year.
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Public's help sought to identify church burglars
Tampa Bay Newspapers - Found Jan. 6, 2009
... entered through a small window at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection at 15555 Windmill Pointe Road, Palm Harbor, and ransacked the...
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Coral on the trail
Chicago Tribune - Found Jan. 3, 2009
... officer, could hold a lot of samples in the palm of her hand. ... 4 user's fee) cover the ruins of the refinery and the windmill that powered ...
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The Oregonian - Found Jan. 2, 2009
On the good checklist are windmill palm (yay!), hardy fuchsia (unless they were planted in fall), hardy gardenia, daphne and California lilac...
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Pinellas Deputies Release Images Of Church Burglars
Tampa Bay Online - Found Dec. 31, 2008
The day after Christmas, they burglarized Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 15555 Windmill Pointe Road, Palm Harbor, deputies said.
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Nervous Portland gardeners should proceed with caution
The Oregonian - Found Dec. 31, 2008
Windmill palm, hardy banana and canna have a good chance of making it. Most eucalyptus, too. Flowering maple, on the other hand, is iffy.
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No decision on coal plant
Sabah Daily Express - Found Dec. 30, 2008
... coal-fired power plant is to be within the Palm Oil Industrial Cluster ... Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili to set up Sabah's first windmill power ...
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Jupiter Courier - Found 13 hours ago
School: $63,361 Jensen Beach High School: $127,784 Palm City Elementary ... 486 St. Lucie West K-8 School: $142,915 Windmill Point Elementary ...
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