Also cheir-. [f. as prec., after philosophy, etc.]
† 1. The science of the hand.
1644. Bulwer, Chirol. & Chiron., 126. I could furnish a Prevaricator in Chirosophie, with some notions [etc.].
2. = CHIROGNOMY or CHIROMANCY (or both).
1885. Ed. Heron-Allen (title), A Manual of Cheirosophy; being a Complete Practical Handbook of the Twin Sciences of Cheirognomy and Cheiromancy.
