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Open8@BackHand-PalmDown-S@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown Twist
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American Sign Language
Alternative forms
grasp with index finger instead of middle finger ase SmallC@BackHand-PalmDown-S@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown Twist
rocking both hands ase Open8@BackHand-PalmDown-S@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown Nod-Twist
Etymology
Imitates a mounted globe, the S fist as the globe itself and the open 8 as the mounting brace touching the globe at the north and south poles.
Production
ase
two
Open8 with the thumb and middle finger grasping the nondominant hand PalmDown S CenterChesthigh PalmDown
Twist the dominant hand repeatedly along the axis running through the tips of the thumb and the index finger.
Hold the dominant hand still briefly.
Proper noun
proper noun 8 EARTH
ase Q2the Earth
Noun
noun 8 GLOBE
ase literally globe
geography
planet