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:

    “Beside a dead person is a living ghost.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “There is gold, and here
    My bluest veins to kiss—a hand that kings
    Have lipped, and trembled kissing.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)