Dead Hand

Dead hand can refer to:

  • Dead Hand (nuclear war), a nuclear deterrent in the Cold War.
  • The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
  • Dead Hand, a sub-boss in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
  • The Dead Hand, original title of one of the short stories comprising the original Foundation Trilogy
  • Dead man's hand poker hand allegedly held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder.
  • Mortmain, a legal term which literally means "dead hand"

Famous quotes containing the words dead and/or hand:

    A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
    Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)

    Another gentleman ... desired to know if I was engaged, or would honour him with my hand [to dance]. So he was pleased to say, though I am sure I know not what honour he could receive from me; but these sort of expressions, I find, are used as words of course, without any distinction of persons, or study of propriety.
    Frances Burney (1752–1840)