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"etymology_text": "palm + -wise",
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"ref": "1866, Temple Bar, volume 18, page 73",
"text": "Dressed in black, without any relief from chain or ornament, he stood rigidly on the hearth-rug, his back to the fire, and one hand as a shield turned palmwise to the flames.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2017, Michael Germana, Ralph Ellison, Temporal Technologist, page 180",
"text": "[…] my hand snaked out palmwise […]",
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"With the palm (of the hand) foremost."
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