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Chironomy

Chironomy \Chi*ron"o*my\, n. [Gr. ?; chei`r hand + ? to manage.] The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture [Obs.]

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chironomy

n. (context obsolete English) The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture.