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noun
The wrist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The lines or wrinkles running across the wrist at the base of the palm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: palmistry
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History
From Middle French rachette, rascette, from Late Latin racheta, rasceta (“wrist, ankle”), diminutive of rasca, from Arabic رَاحَة (rāḥa, “palm of the hand”).
Across languages
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