palmed (pamd)

[ palmetto 2. A palmer-worm. Eruche [It.], the wormes called cankers or palmers . Florio, 1611. A hollow cane that must be light and thin, Wherein the "Bobb" and Palmer shall abide; Which must be stopped with an handsome pin, Lest out again your baits do hap to slide. J. Dennys (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 153). 3. An artificial fly whose body is covered with hairs bristling in all directions: used by anglers. Imitations of these [hairy caterpillars], known to the American by the familiar term of hackles, and to the accurate inhabitant of the British Isles by the correct name of palmers . Sportsman's Gazetteer , p. 298. 4. A wood-louse. Encyc. Dict . - Palmer's staff, in her . , same as bourdon1 , 3.