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Ciillll-fllllf. 



With the in(lex-Hn<i'e,r of the right cut oft a piece of the exteiKled 

 tlmmb, so that the tinker is lai<l across the thumb-nail. ( Weid.) I have 

 seen this sijun made. (Matthacs.) 



Ciiiiiipowdei'. 



A 1 pear to take up a pinch of the powder and to rub it between the 

 finger and thumb, then turning the hand spiing the flngers from the 

 tlunnb upward, so as to represent the exploding of the i)owder. (Lonfi.) 



liub the thuudi and index finger together repeatedly. ( Wietl.) 1 

 remember having .seen this sign made; but I think tl'.at when the 

 fingers were rubbed together they were held points downward, an inch 

 or so above the open i)alm of the left hand. {Mafthews.) 



The left hand horizontal, palm upward, fingers to the right (X), is held 

 in front of the l)reast; right hand (IJ), with fingers pointing downward, 

 back outwai-d, is held over the palm of the left, with a slight motion of 

 the thumb and forefinger, as though feeling the grains of i)owder with 

 them. [DalMta I.) " Examiinng the grains of powder." 



Rub the thumb and index of the right liand together for several 

 seconds. {Dal-otn IV.) 



CiJjiii-sorew. 



Elevate the hand to imlicate the gun and twist the fingers spirally 

 around the tlunnb. (Witd.) 



Ciiiin-Miiol. 



First niiike the sign for Exi>8ot>>ioil with the right hand, which is 

 made by the fist (It 2), excepting that the thumb is under the fingers 

 i. c, resting in the i)alm of the hand, the fingers are .snapped forward 

 and njjuard from the level of the breast to that of the head, where all 

 the fingers are clo.sed but the index and second, which are separated 

 and point upward (]¥). {Dakota 1.) " Indicates the explosion or dis- 

 charge of both barrels of a double-barreled shot-gnn." 



To hit with a. 



Place the tips of the fingers downward upon the thumb, then snap 

 them forward and strike the hands together. ( Wled.) Probably when 

 he says, "strike the hainls together," he wishes to describe my sign for 

 ^liot. When the person whom the prince saw making this sign, 

 raised the finger, he may have done so to imlicate a ITIail, or One 

 shot. I do not think that the rai.singof the finger is an integral part of 

 the sign. (Mattheics.) 



Same as Bow, but in making the first sign have both hands opened 

 and the fingers pointing toward the left. {DaJcota IV.) 



