A@InsideShoulderhigh-PalmBack-FlatB@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmDown Frontandback

Pictorial representation of the dominant hand sawing through wood represented by the nondominant hand.

Production of A@InsideShoulderhigh-PalmBack-FlatB@NearCenterChesthigh-PalmDown Frontandback

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• This two-handed ASL sign has two postures:
  1. Posture the dominant hand in the “A” handshape near the body, lateral with the dominant shoulder, at shoulder height, palm facing back, thumb on top. Posture non-dominant hand in the “flat B” handshape about an elbow's length out from the center body, chest high, palm facing down, fingers pointing toward the dominant side.
     • Move the dominant hand repeatedly frontward toward the nondominant side and backward toward the dominant side to the next posture while holding the non-dominant hand in this posture.
  2. Posture the dominant hand in the “A” handshape on the back of the nondominant hand, palm facing back, thumb on top.

• Stokoe: A^≷

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1. to saw

• OpenB@BackHand-PalmBack-FlatB@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown Sidetoside