palmare

palmare [CL] 1 to grip, grasp. 1308 habebit quociens averaverit de avena quantum potest ter in manu sua ~are Growth Eng. Ind. 579; to grype, ~are Levins Manip. 141. 2 to strike as with the flat of the hand, to slap. 1269 cum quadam hachia Danascha ‥ fecit ei quandam plagam in dorso ‥ ita quod ipse cecidit in terram ~atus, et quam cito potuit de palmatione resurgere recenter levavit uthes’ et clamorem de villa in villam JustIt 569a m. 25d.. 3 (p. ppl. as adj.): a adorned with palm branches. b decorated with palm leaf pattern. c adorned with palm branch as a sign of victory, triumphant. a die palmarum fecit ecclesia festiva floridam et ~atam processionem Gosc. Transl. Aug. 40.  b toga ~ata vel toga picta, sigereaf Ælf. Gl. 153.  c ~atus, coronatus, lauriatus GlC P 105. 4 (transf., of deer) that bears antlers. 1262 cervus ~atus Collect. Staffs V 137. 5 (p ppl. as sb. f.) slap or blow given with the flat of the hand. si quis tinxerit manum in aliquo cybo et non idonea manu, ~adas [v. l. ~atis] emendetur Egb. Pen. 13.9; quidam dicunt viginti ~atas valere pro uno die [sc. jejunii] Bart. Exon. Pen. 135. 6 handful, esp. customary payment of handful of grain. 1204 quod habeant ~atas bladi et farine de omnibus saccis qui cum blado et farina exponuntur ad vendendum ‥ de unoquoque sacco bladi ~atam duarum manuum et de sacco farine ~atam unius manus RChart 122b; 1310 item habet dominus rex costumam dicte ville que vocatur ~ada, viz. de quolibet bussello unam plenam palmam Reg. Gasc. A I 31. 7 bargain or agreement (ratified by handshake). 1258 nullus faciat ~atas de allece aut aliis piscibus nec de blado nisi burgenses dicte ville, et quod ~e firmiter teneantur nisi mercandise de quibus ~e ille facte fuerint pejores sunt quam conventum fuerit (Grimsby) BBC 301.