Left Hand

Definition: Left Hand

Left Hand

Noun

1. The hand that is on the left side of the body; "jab with your left".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Bible

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Synonym: Left Hand

Sinistrality

Sinistrality; left, left hand, a gauche; sinister, nearside, larboard, port.

Crosswords: Left Hand

Would you like me to tell you the little story of right-hand left-hand? The story of good and evil? H-A-T-E! It was with this left hand that old brother Cain struck the blow that laid his brother low. L-O-V-E! (The Night of the Hunter; writing credit: James Agee; Davis Grubb)

My right hand hasn't seen my left hand in years. (Sweet Smell of Success; writing credit: Ernest Lehman; Clifford Odets)

I can't use my left hand at all. I got it caught in a cotton gin when I was twelve years old. All my muscles were tore loose. (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote)

They have you raise your right hand, put your left hand in your pants and say that. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

The only thing he's planning is his next wank; whether he's going to use his left hand or his right hand. (The Osbournes; writing credit: Liliana Abud; Jaime Garc�a Estrada)

Well the DA was pumping my left hand ("Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)"; performing artist: Hollies)

Suddenly, in a fury, Kevin rushed at Big Roy and bit three finger fingers off on his left hand. ("Mephisto and Kevin"; performing artist: Primus)

You sit at the left hand of those who are lying ("Prince Of Darkness"; performing artist: The Nylons)

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. (references; author: unknown)

Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. (references; author: unknown)

If your left hand doesn't know what your right hand is doing, you should consider running for a job in Washington, DC. (references; author: unknown)

The Left Hand of God (1955)

Left Hand Third Finger (1940)

The Left Hand Brand (1924)

Left Hand Drive (1993)

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Books

• Aghora: At the Left Hand of God (reference)

• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Left Hand of Destiny #2 (reference)

• The Left Hand of Darkness (reference)

• The Left Hand of God: A Biography of the Holy Spirit (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Left Hand of God (reference)

• Star Licks Master Sessions: All Star Bass Series - Left Hand Technique (reference)

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Music

• Left Hand Path (reference)

• Left Hand Smoke (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Delta 32-281 5mm Left Hand Boring Bit for 32-325 and 32-326 Boring Machines (reference)

• Delta 46-937 6" Right Hand and Left Hand Face Plate for Wood Lathes (reference)

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Adult white woman is performing breast self-examination (BSE). The woman is nude from the waist up, head is included in the photo. Her right arm is raised above her head and she is examining her right breast with left hand.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Pictured is a darkened room with a lighted screen and remote keyboard. A technician is seated and with the left hand is pointing to the screen showing blue, red and purple images. This is an ultrasonic device. This imaging device sends short bursts of sound into the body. Echoes are reflected from tissues and transformed on the screen into colored outlines of tissues and organs. This may also be used as a therapy method.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

The mud and sand flats of the Delaware River at the entrance to the tide gates. The gate would be at the lower left hand corner of the image.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The left hand portion of this image shows the natural marsh at Lake Barre, the foreground shows the newly planted S. alterniflora seedlings beginning to colonize.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Receive commendations from the Secretary of the Navy, in his Navy Department office, shortly after the airship's loss on 4 April 1933. Those present are (from left to right): Assistant Secretary of the Navy Henry A. Roosevelt; Secretary of the Navy Claude Swanson; Admiral William V. Pratt, Chief of Naval Operations; Lieutenant Commander Herbert V. Wiley, senior survivor; Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Richard E. Deal, survivor; and Aviation Metalsmith 2nd Class Moody Erwin, survivor. Erwin, whose left hand is bandaged, is apparently wearing a borrowed uniform, as its insignia is that of a Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class.Credit: NAVY.

This emblem was received sometime during the 1950s. It was drawn by Przybylek. The figure representing the ship is holding a bathythermograph in its left hand and mapping the ocean bottom with its feet.Credit: NAVY.

African American boy, full-length portrait, standing, facing front with left hand resting on table.Credit: Library of Congress.

I wouldn't call out, Mr. Cardew, said a cold voice, I have my left hand on a revolver.Credit: Library of Congress.

Workmen constructing the Statue of Liberty in Bartholdi's Parisian warehouse workshop; first model; left hand; and quarter-size head--Winter 1882?.Credit: Library of Congress.

Virginia Woolf, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, left hand under chin.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Fauchelevent made with his left hand that peculiar gesture, which dismisses an unpleasant question.

Stephen drew back his maimed and quivering right arm and held out his left hand.

He wore a massive gold wedding ring on the third finger of his left hand.

I viewed the town on my left hand, which looked like the painted scene of a city in a theatre.

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Health

Doctors can also look for hand preference -- a tendency to use either the right or left hand more often. (references)

Business

It took a couple of years until all the regulations were formulated and enforced prohibiting imports of left hand vehicles and other import regulations for foreign made vehicles, parts and equipment. (references)

There is a sizeable import duty of 31% (which applies equally to all foreign imports) placed on all cars. The greatest obstacle for U.S. automobile imports is, however, the prohibition of left hand drive vehicles. (references)

Luxurious foreign cars were considered as one of the most tangible attributes, and the so-called "new Uzbeks" began hitting the roads in new luxurious European, American and Japanese cars. Since many import regulations were not precisely formulated at that point, there were even cases of imports of European left hand drive cars, despite the fact the country is a right hand drive society. (references)

Civil Liberties

Zimbabwe

She was injured above her right eye, and her left hand was fractured. (references)

Human Rights

Zimbabwe

They forced Javangwe to lie prostrate and beat him all over his body; he sustained multiple injuries to the head, ears, and left leg, and suffered a fracture of his left hand. (references)

Travel

Uae

Business cards and gifts should be offered with the right, not left hand. (references)

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His left hand

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