palmistry

noun3

1. •
   Telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand.

   • Chiromantie is a coniecturyng by beholdyng the lynes, or wryncles of the handes called commonly Palmistry. — 1546
2. •
   A book on palmistry; a system of palmistry.

   • No living palmistries can spell The bird-runes on the stretched silk of her hand — 1977
3. •
   (no longer used, rare) A dexterous use or trick of the hand.