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:

    “You can’t murder a man who’s been dead for five centuries.”
    —Garrett Fort (1900–1945)

    “Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second- hand diamonds than none at all.”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)