Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 25, 2024
Search: DEER
| BOOKS: | ||||||
| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 227 | Higgins (1923) | DEER | DEER | DEER: Both spread hands to represent antlers, palm outward and vertical, thumb tips at sides of head. | 43 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=227&refid=higgins1923 |
| 853 | Long (1918) | DEER | DEER | DEER: Make "horns" of the "5" hands, one on either side of the head, and then extend the hands outward to indicate the size of the horns. XVII,335. | 94 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=853&refid=long1918 |
| 154 | Michaels (1923) | DEER | DEER | DEER: 1. Have all the fingers of both hands extended and wide apart. 2. Put the thumbs to the temples. 3. Move the hands backward and forward imitating the movement of a deer's horns. | 47 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=154&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 833 | Gallaudet (1910) | DEER | N/A | MALE(l-hand) FEMALE(l-hand) FANCY(rep2x) FROM PLACE(rep,rt-to-lt) FAR(rt) FAR(l-hand_dom,lt) FAR(ctr) cl:LEGSonB(ride-horse), cl:LEGSonB(sidestraddle) IN CLOTHES RED AND VARIOUS CLOTHES GATHER ON A M-O-O-R MILE(rep,fwd) FOUR, FIVE FROM L-Y-N-T-O-N(l-hand) FOR(l-hand) SHOOT-GUN(rep,2h,rt-to-ctr) DEER(rep,2h) | 70 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=833 |
| 839 | Gallaudet (1910) | DEER | N/A | AND IN THAT(2h) LAND NOW DEER(2h) ENOUGH(rep2x) MANY(rep2x,arc,hands_diverge) | 71 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=839 |