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Show 22 KILL- FEAR. conveys the idea of " night," perhaps as the falling over, the going to rest, or the death, of the day. The term for " leaf" ( of a tree or plant), which is anibish, may spring from the same root, leaves being the leaning or down-hanging parts of the plant. With this may be compared the Chahta term for " leaves," literally translated " tree hair". The French deaf- mute conception is that of gently falling or sinking, the right index falling from the height of the right shoulder upon the left forefinger toward which the head is inclined. KUl. In one sign the hands are held with the edges upward, and the right strikes the left transversely, as in the act of chopping. This seems to convey particularly the notion of a stroke with a tomahawk or war- club. ( Long.) It is more definitely expressed as follows: The left hand, thumb up, back forwards, not very rigidly extended, is held before the chest and struck in the palm with the outer edge of the right hand. ( Matthews.) Another sign: Smite the sinister palm earthward with the dexter fist sharply, in suggestion of going down. ( Burton.) Another: Strike out with the dexter fist toward the ground, meaning to shut down. ( Burton; McCliesney.) This same sign is made by the Utes, with the statement that it means " to kill" or " stab" with a knife, having reference to the time when that was the most common weapon. A fourth: Pass the right under the left forefinger ( iturton), " make go under." The threat, " I will kill you," appears in one case as directing the right hand toward the offender and springing the finger from the thumb as in the act of sprinkling water ( Long), the idea being perhaps causing blood to flow, or perhaps sputtering away the life, though this part of the sign is nearly the same as that sometimes used for the discharge of a gun or arrow. Fear, coward. \. Both hands, with fingers turned inward opposite the lower ribs, then brought upward with a tremulous motion, as if to represent the common idea of the heart rising up to the throat ( Dunbar.) 2. Head stooped down, and arm thrown up quickly as if to protect it. ( Long.) 3. Fingers and thumb of right hand, which droops downward, closed to a point to represent a heart, violently and repeatedly beaten against the |