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Rh Intercept, Prevent, Check motion or advance.—Hold the open hand up, palm toward self, or turn the back toward the direction from whence the motion is supposed to proceed, and then moving it toward self strike and stop it with the lower edge of the right open hand.

Procession, etc.—Hold the "V" hands front, ends up, one behind the other; push them forward, keeping them tandem, and repeat the motion several times.

March.—Place the "4" hands with fingers pointing down, one before the other; move the fingers forward, bending them in unison from the knuckles and moving the hands but slightly forward. The idea is the fingers represent legs keeping time together.

Hurry.—Push "H" hand rapidly forward, giving the "H" an up-and-down motion all the time.

Fast, Quick, Indicating rapidity of motion.—Place the thumb and forefinger as if ready to shoot off a marble; hold up the left "B" hand pointing upward; making motion of shooting a marble and pass the hand while doing so quickly against and across the palm of the other; sometimes merely the marble-shooting motion is made in the air.

Strike.—Merely strike the palm of one hand with the fist of the other. Or,

(2) To indicate the striking of a clock tap the forefinger against palm, imitating motion of striker.

North, South, East and West are indicated by moving "N" hand toward the north for north, the "E" hand eastward for east, and so on for the other directions.

Deflect, Go off the track, Deviate.—Hold the forefingers together parallel, pointing outward, then suddenly turn one away and push it out from the other.

Approach, Motion toward.—Place the partly bent left hand in front rather toward the left side, forefinger edge up; place the bent right hand same position, pointing other way, behind it but several inches back toward right side, and gradually let it approach the one in front. IX, 199.

Arrive, Reach.—Begin motion as above and next let the hands go forward and one fall into the palm of the other, and then hold the hands forward, palms up.

Discharge, Expel, Remove from employment.—Hold up the forefinger of left "G" hand and with the forefinger of other