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handshape

noun

Etymology

From hand + shape.

  1. inherited from *skapjaną✻
  2. inherited from *skappjan✻
  3. inherited from scieppan
  4. inherited from shapen
  5. derived from *(s)kep-✻
  6. inherited from *ga-✻
  7. inherited from *ga-✻
  8. inherited from ġesceap
  9. inherited from shap
  10. compounded as handshape — “hand + shape”

Definitions

  1. The held position of the hand and fingers in producing a particular sign.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA