chironomy (kironomi)

[F. chironomie = Sp. quironomía = Pg. chiro no mia, chiropod (kīrō-pod), n. [ Chiropus , pl. Chiropoda, χείρ , hand, + πούς (ποδ-) = E. foot. One of the Chiropoda ; a mammal with hands, or feet resembling hands. Chiropoda (ki-rop'o-da), n . pl . [NL., pl. of * Chiropus : see chiropod .] Hand-footed mam- mals: a name given by Ogilby to an artificial of the Mammal i a containing those whose chiropodist (ki-rop'ō-dist), n. [ χείρ , hand, + πούς (ποδ-), = E. foot , + -ist.] One who treats diseases or malformations of the hands or feet; especially, a surgeon for the feet, hands, and na nails; a cutter or extractor of corns and callosities; a corn-doctor. chiropodous (ki-rop'ō-dus), a. [As chiropod + -ous. Of Of or or pertaining pertaining to to t the Chiropoda ; hiropoda ; hav- ing feet like hands; hand-footed. chiropody (ki-rop'o-di), n. [ χείρ , hand, (d) foot . Cf. chiropodist .) The callosities, excres- + NL.-ium.] The fore limb or anterior-mem- ber of a vertebrate animal developed in a hand- like manner, or having the same morphological elements as a hand: contrasted with ichthyopte- rygium. The chirping and moderate bottle. B. Jonson. He takes his chirping pint, and cracks his jokes. Pope , Moral E ays, iii. 358. chirper (cher'per), n. A bird or an insect that chirps; one who chirps or is cheerful. phy + -ical .] Pertaining to chiro sophy; chi- rognomic or chiromantic. chiro sophist (ki-ros'ō-fist), n. [ chiro sophy + chiro sophy (ki-ros'o-fi), n . [ χειρόσοφος , skilled with the hands, χείρ , hand, + σοφός, wise.] Knowledge of a person's character and probable future a erted to be derived from in- spection of the hand; the so-called science of palmistry; chirognomy or chiromancy. Also spelled cheirosophy . The author seeks to divorce cheirosophy from all as so- ciation with astrology and other studies of the kind, and to bring it to the test of truth. Chirotes (ki-rōtēz), n. [NL. (Duméril and Bibron) (cf. Gr. χειρωτός , verbal adj. of χειροῦν , subdue), χείρ , χείρ , the hand.] The typical ge- nus of the family Chirotida. C. canaliculatus is a species of subterranean habits, like the other amphisbæ noids, about the thickne of the little finger, and 8 or 10 inches long. It is a native of Mexico. Also Cheirotes . They were as steady as clocks and chirpy as crickets, in-