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American Sign Language

Production

• This two-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
  1. Posture the nondominant hand in the “flat B” handshape several inches to the nondominant side of and about half an arm’s length in front of the nose, nondominant palm facing back. Posture the dominant hand in the “flat B” handshape several inches to the dominant side of and about half an arm’s length in front of the nose, dominant palm facing back.
  2. Move both hands in arcs, first across the face then down, to the following posture.
  3. Posture the nondominant hand in the “flat B” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of the neck, nondominant palm facing back. Posture the dominant hand in the “flat B” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of the neck, dominant palm facing back.

Adjective

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1. (of the sky, a room, etc.) dark; having dim lighting or no lighting

Noun

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1. darkness; the dark

Verb

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1. (of the sky, a room, etc.) to darken