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  2. Ring finger - Wikipedia

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    The ring finger, third finger, [1] fourth finger, [2] [3] leech finger, [4] or annulary is the fourth digit of the human hand, located between the middle finger and the little finger. [ 5 ] Sometimes the term ring finger only refers to the fourth digit of a left-hand , so named for its traditional association with wedding rings in many ...

  3. Ecclesiastical ring - Wikipedia

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    [4] Perhaps this idea of espousals helped to establish the rule, mentioned first in the ninth century, that the episcopal ring was to be placed on the fourth finger (the ring finger) of the right hand. Since episcopal rings had to be worn on ceremonial occasions on the outside of the pontifical glove and prelates' gloves, it is common to find ...

  4. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    Fig sign is a gesture made with the hand and fingers curled and the thumb thrust between the middle and index fingers, or, rarely, the middle and ring fingers, forming the fist so that the thumb partly pokes out. In some areas of the world, the gesture is considered a good luck charm; in others (including Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Russia, Serbia ...

  5. Sign of the horns - Wikipedia

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    According to CBS News, Simmons filed an application on June 16, 2017, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a trademark on the hand gesture he regularly shows during concerts and public appearances—thumb, index, and pinky fingers extended, with the middle and ring fingers folded down (like the ILY sign meaning "I love you" in ...

  6. Claddagh ring - Wikipedia

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    On the right hand with the point of the heart toward the fingertips: the wearer is single and might be looking for love. On the right hand with the point of the heart toward the wrist: the wearer is in a relationship; someone "has captured their heart" On the left ring finger with the point of the heart toward the fingertips: the wearer is engaged.

  7. Shocker (gesture) - Wikipedia

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    The Shocker is a hand gesture with a sexual connotation. [1] The index, middle, and little fingers are extended, while the ring finger is curled or bent down. The index and middle fingers are held together. The thumb may be tucked against the palm or – in a variation on the gesture – extended. [2]

  8. Dorsal interossei of the hand - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the dorsal interossei (DI) are four muscles in the back of the hand that act to abduct (spread) the index, middle, and ring fingers away from the hand's midline (ray of middle finger) and assist in flexion at the metacarpophalangeal joints and extension at the interphalangeal joints of the index, middle and ring fingers. [1]

  9. Fig sign - Wikipedia

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    It is known as a "fist-phallus", and can be accompanied by extending the right hand while clasping the left hand under one's armpit in a derogatory manner. [1] In Carinthia, it is used to derisively dismiss the size of a man's genitalia. In South Africa, it was once known as "the zap sign" and was the equivalent of giving the finger. The sign ...