Palm"er, n.[From Palm the tree.]
A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch
of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred
places. Chaucer.
Pilgrims and palmers plighted them
together.
P. Plowman.
The pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the
palmer had none. The pilgrim traveled to some certain, designed
place or places, but the palmer to all.
T.
Staveley.Palm"er (?), n. 1.
(Zoöl.) A palmerworm.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Angling) Short for
Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate
a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Palm"er (?), n. 1.
(Zoöl.) A palmerworm.
2. (Angling) Short for
Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate
a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
Palm"er (?), n. [From Palm,
v. t.] One who palms or cheats, as at cards or
dice.