Category: A

AND: Right hand at left side before body, fingers pointing leftward, palm inward, fingers spread as if to catch something; draw hand rightward, tips closing as hand moves along. (Besides) (With) (Moreover) (Also) (Even)

FEAR: Throw the hands up as if warding off impending danger, and shrink back.

Posted on March 27, 2017August 22, 2017Author Katherine BrownCategories A, Etymology

AGAINST: Strike the palm of the left hand with the end of the right “B” hand, holding the left hand so the right is thrown straight outward toward the left.

AMONG: Right index pointing leftward, passed in and out among the spread fingers of the left hand, which is palm inward and fingers pointing rightward.

AROUND: Left & fingers pointing upward and the right index pointing downward is passed around the fingers of the left.

ALWAYS, FOREVER: With arm and elbow at side, hold out the right “G” hand pointing outward; move the hand along out, describing a circle with the end of the forefinger.

ADORE: The open palms from both sides of the head are brought in an attitude of prayer, while the head bows reverently.

ALL: Bring the hands out easily, and after touching them at the forefingers, bring them around in a circle as if to include the whole. Commonly the left hand is at rest, held at a slight angle, and the right hand alone describes the circle coming to rest in the palm of the left hand.