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Hand clasping or hand folding is the superposition of each finger of one hand over the corresponding finger of the opposite hand. It is commonly used to express authority above or respect for others. It is also common to clasp the hands during prayer.
above or respect for others. It is also common to clasp the hands during prayer. When clasping the hands, a person tends to interlace the fingers in one...
folding, and handclasping in families. Hum. Hered. 24: 345-351, 1974. Wiener, Alexander S. (1932). "Observations on the Manner of Clasping the Hands and Folding...
A fede ring is a ring in which two handsclasp, as if in friendship, love or betrothal. The design was used in Ancient Rome, maybe earlier. It became...
fight which was adapted from a hand-on-biceps version of the rear naked choke. Anderson Silva also used the claspinghands variation when he defeated Dan...
in fede ("hands [joined] in faith" or "hands [joined] in loyalty"). This group dates to Ancient Rome, where the gesture of claspinghands meant pledging...
NG (May 1975). "No evidence for a genetic basis of tongue rolling or handclasping". The Journal of Heredity. 66 (3): 179–180. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals...
clasp, clasper, or clasps in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Clasp, clasper or CLASP may refer to: Wrist clasp, a dressing accessory Folding clasp,...
watching construction sites, especially roadworks – stereotypically with handsclasped behind their back and offering unwanted advice to the workers. Its literal...
jhered.a104304. Tiwari, S. C.; Bhasin, M. K. (1969). "Frequency of handclasping and ear lobe attachment in Tibetians". J. Hered. 19 (4): 658–661. doi:10...
Immaculate Conception shows Mary standing, with arms outstretched or handsclasped in prayer. The feast day of the Immaculate Conception is December 8...
a symbolic gesture of mutual commitment to an oath or promise: two handsclasping each other represents the sealing of a bond. One of the earliest known...
1986, front page and page A6. Mencum, Lauralee. "Valley loses grip on Handsclasp: Local organizers call linkup a success despite gaps", Palm Springs Desert...
Ministry of Human Services and Social Security announced a gesture of clasping the fingers into the palm and releasing them, in a repeated motion three...
public subscription, at his grave. The monument is topped by a bronze handclasping a lightning conductor. An obituary from The British Millennial Harbinger...
which took place from 27 to 28 July 2023. The logo depicts two white handsclasped across a globe. The games mascot, a tiger, was unveiled on 5 March 2024...
and that of ancient Near Eastern cultures. The central point of the handclasping the swords is placed in front of the vanishing point of the perspective...
sarcophagus, with a bust of Wilde emerging from the upper end, with a handclasping a cigarette. The memorial was first suggested during the 1980s and early...
Combat Clasp (German: Nahkampfspange) was a World War II German military award instituted on 25 November 1942 for participation in hand-to-hand fighting...
his hand, clasping his fingers and saying the masculine-language phrase yosh ("all right"). Writers Yokohama Yūji and Yūichirō Oguro noted hands are an...
similarly observed in any resonant cavity, such as an empty cup or a handclasped to the ear. The resonant sounds are created from ambient noise in the...
Praying hands, a reverent clasping of the hands together, is an expression used in most major religions during prayer. The palms of the hands are held...
repeatedly moving the hands to the mouth often begin during this stage which is called mouthing. The child may hold the handsclasped behind the back or...
Roman Empire sometimes bore claspedhands symbolizing contract, from which the later Celtic Claddagh symbol (two handsclasping a heart) may have evolved...
gisants, which are always recumbent, in full dress, with open eyes and handsclasped and raised in prayer. Cadaver monuments first appeared in the 1380s...
Pavanamuktasana, also called Vatayanasana or "Wind-Relieving pose" has the handsclasped around one shin, the knee brought close to the chest. The head may be...