What is "chirology"

Chirology \Chi*rol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. chei`r hand + -logy.] The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

n. 1 palm reading. 2 The use of the manual alphabet; signing.

n. telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn: palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy]