hand alphabet
1hand alphabet — noun : manual alphabet …
2ALPHABET, HEBREW — The origin of alphabetic script has always been a subject of human curiosity. According to Greek mythology, script was brought to Greece from Phoenicia. This tradition was accepted by the Greek and Roman writers, some of whom developed it even… …
3alphabet — /al feuh bet , bit/, n. 1. the letters of a language in their customary order. 2. any system of characters or signs with which a language is written: the Greek alphabet. 3. any such system for representing the sounds of a language: the phonetic… …
4Alphabet of Akiba ben Joseph — Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus) Sifra (Leviticus) Sifre (Numbers Deuteronomy)… …
5Alphabet — [ William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia .] An alphabet is a standardized set of letters mdash basic written symbolsmdash each of which roughly represents a phoneme, a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in… …
6Alphabet book — An Alphabet book is a book primarily designed for younger readers and writers. It presents letters of the alphabet with corresponding words and/or images. Some alphabet books feature capitals and lower case letter forms, keywords beginning with… …
7Hand (hieroglyph) — Hand (also, letter d ) in hieroglyphs …
8hand language — noun : communication by means of a manual alphabet : dactylology …
9one-hand — one handed one hand ed, a. Employing one hand; as, the one hand alphabet. See {Dactylology}. [1913 Webster] …
10Two-hand — a. Employing two hands; as, the two hand alphabet. See {Dactylology}. [1913 Webster] …
