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GLOSSARY LMNOP

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LOST ITS TURN
    A delivered stone which does not maintain rotation and goes "dead handle."

  LOW DELIVERY
    Any rock throwing delivery sequence in which the chest is lower than the knee of the sliding leg.

  MIXED
    Referring to a team in which all members are not one gender.

  NARROW
    Inside. A stone delivered off the intended brush target line of sight between the brush and target stone or desired draw stopping place.

   OFF THE BRUSH
    A stone delivered off the intended brush line of sight.

   OFFICIAL
    Normally, in sanctioned play, the umpire or referee responsible for ensuring the game is played according to the rules.

  OUT-TURN Left Handed
    The clockwise rotation/turn applied to the rock during the delivery sequence.

OUTSIDE
    Wide. The rock is delivered on a line wide of the brush target line of sight on the side opposite to the object rock or in the case of a draw, the final skip directed resting place.

  PEBBLE
    The ice bumps placed on the sheet ice to reduce friction and provide curl friction conditions. This scenario is accomplished by spraying water droplets into the air and allowing them to impact the sheet and freeze into small mushroom shaped (ideally) ice bumps.