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A MANUAL OF SIGNS 75 are moving upward give the fingers a vibrating motion. The sign may be made with one hand only. Right. — Hold out the open left hand, palm up; diagonally across the palm push the right open- hand with edge touching the palm. The sign may be made straight across. XII, 254. Wrong. — Push the hand across as above but in a zigzag way instead of in a straight line. XII, 255. Just, Fair. — From a position toward each side, bring the extended "0" hands together so the thumbs and fingers touch. "Good Enough," " Goody. "—Holding the closed "0" hands perpendicular, strike the "O's" together several times with somevindictiveness. XII, 256. Unjust, Unfair. — Hold the hands in position as in above when the hands are brought together ; raise the right hand and bring it down forcibly so that the "0" of the right hand strikes against the "0" of the left. XII, 257. Fair (in the sense of good to a moderate degree). — First make the sign for good, then bring the open hands out toward the side from a position in front, as follows : let the hands come up edgewise and gradually turn them with palms up and give a slight shrug of the shoulder. Or, make sign for "med- ium," as explained below. Worth. — Holding the extended "0" hands out in front, somewhat down, bring them up together in front as in "just," but note that they are brought from a lower position and gradually approach each other and not from the sides straight together as in "just." XII, 258. Worthless. — Sign for "worth," then follow with turning the hands apart, and dropping them. Or, (2) Strike the closed "0" hands together several times, bringing the thumbs and forefingers as closed together, then draw the hands apart. Or, in the last part of the sign open the hands quickly, draw the right hand above the left, and strike the palm of the left with the back of the right and let the hands then fall apart. Valuable. — Sometimes expressed by the sign for "worth," but it is more correct to add sign for "money" and "much," made as follows : Money — Strike the palm of the open left hand with the back of the right "&" hand several times. For Much — From its position in the palm, draw the right hand away, letting it become "5" hand with fingers pointing toward palm of left.