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Hand meaning
The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. | That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand. | A limb of certain animals, such as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
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If the player fouls his hand, meaning that the low hand outranks his high hand, or that there are an incorrect number of cards in each hand, there will be a penalty: either re-arrangement of the hand according to house rules or forfeiture of the hand.
Alternative American names for the mojo bag include hand, mojo hand, conjure hand, lucky hand, conjure bag, trick bag, root bag, toby, jomo, and gris-gris bag.
For example, if one player has the high hand on showdown, and two other players tie for the best low hand, the high hand wins half of the pot and each low hand wins only a quarter of the pot.
If a boxer is right-handed (orthodox), his left hand is the lead hand and his right hand is the rear hand.
In a modified tactile form used by deafblind people, the signer's hand acts as the dominant hand, and the receiver's hand becomes the subordinate hand.
Legal hand A winning hand consists of 14 tiles (the thirteen tiles in the hand plus the additional tile picked up from the wall or stolen when a player discards a tile needed to complete a hand).
Letters are formed by a dominant hand, which is on top of or alongside the other hand at the point of contact, and a subordinate hand, which uses either the same or a simpler handshape as the dominant hand.
That is, a 'D' hand with a solid bullet means that it becomes an 'X' hand, while an 'X' hand with a hollow bullet means that it becomes a 'D' hand.
That is, a 'U' hand with a down chevron becomes an 'N' hand, while and 'N' hand with an up chevron becomes a 'U' hand.
The hour hand is driven not from the wheel train but from the minute hand's shaft through a small set of gears, so rotating the minute hand manually also sets the hour hand.
DeWit Left Hand Korean Hand Hoe features a hand-forged, boron steel head with a plow shape that works well for digging, breaking up soil and setting bulbs.
Mage Hand is a magical hand that can move up to 30 feet away and do almost anything a real hand can do.
L’œuvre suivante porte le très poétique titre my heart’s in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand’s in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught (2013).
All the person had to do was use one hand to get the antidote through the glass shards while using the other hand to avoid the shards from trapping the first hand in the box.
A security video shows two women walking hand in hand on a street while one of them drags a dog behind her with one hand.
Immediately place the palm of your hand on the patient’s chest just over the lower part of the sternum (breastbone) and press your hand in a pumping motion once or twice by using the other hand.
People talked me through Ghanaian hand-slaps (“You do it with enthusiasm and gusto, and then click the other person’s fingers”) and Turkish hand-kisses (“You kiss the back of an elder’s hand and place it on your forehead briefly”).
After the first hand, the winner (or winning team) of the previous hand is allowed to pick first and begins by playing any domino in his or her hand.
A hand die has no threads and is operated - as the name suggests - by hand or by use of a hand operated arbor press.
Betting for value can apply to both made hand and drawing hand situations, although in the latter situation it is less often correct, as the drawing hand's chances of winning are generally lower.