Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 18, 2024
Search: FANCY
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 318 | Higgins (1923) | FANCY | FINE (nice) | FINE (Nice): Right palm leftward, fingers vertical and spread, and thumb tip against chest. (Polite) (Courteous). | 59 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=318&refid=higgins1923 |
| 638 | Long (1918) | FANCY | POLITE, COURTEOUS | POLITE, COURTEOUS: Strike the breast with the thumb of the "5" hand, all the fingers pointing upward; repeat the motion several times. XII,252. | 74 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=638&refid=long1918 |
| 639 | Long (1918) | FANCY | FINE | FINE: With the "5" hand held somewhat farther out, bring back and strike the breast once as above (POLITE, COURTEOUS), but more forcibly; or, as in "nice," pass palm of right hand over left palm outward. XIII,253. | 74 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=639&refid=long1918 |
| 461 | Michaels (1923) | FANCY | POLITE | POLITE: 1. Touch your breast with the right palm move the hand out and downward, then touch the breast with the left hand and move it out and downward. Repeat the movement. | 101 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=461&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 30 | Cloud (1913) | FANCY | N/A | 3P-SELF PASS-DOWN(rf) FANCY PEOPLE, RICH HAVE, LEARN WISE HAVE SOUL STRONG LOVE FEEL~PITY(2h) FOR(rf) PEOPLE, AND WITH EVERY++(linear) HOPE FOR(rf) GLORY SUCCEED IN ANY WORK WANT+, | 2 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=cloud&glossid=30 |
| 101 | Cloud (1913) | FANCY | N/A | NOW HAVE IN pn:FRANCE NEAR+ P-A-R-I-S IN CITY(circ) V-E-R-S-L-E-S ONE FANCY SHAPE ESTABLISH PLACE gs:WHAT(rf) D-E L-E-P-E TRUE BORN, LARGE IN SHAPE BEAUTIFUL IMAGE AND DEAF MALE MAKE; 3P-IX(rc) GIVE-GIFT BY DEAF FRANCE. | 4 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=cloud&glossid=101 |
| 43 | Fay (1913) | FANCY | N/A | IN THAT(1h) YEAR, pn:AMERICA CELEBRATE(1h) FREE UP-TILL-NOW ONE~HUNDRED YEAR+ WITH MUCH FANCY+(restr) SHOW IN CITY++(slight_arc) pn:PHILADELPHIA. | 3 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fay&glossid=43 |
| 515 | Gallaudet (1910) | FANCY | N/A | HOUSE FANCY NEAT LARGE(lc) SHOW MALE~INDEFINITE RICH PLOW KEEP(lc) ALL-OVER | 46 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=515 |
| 671 | Gallaudet (1910) | FANCY | N/A | VERY FANCY ROCK BUILD LARGE WITH cl-d:CC(rep2x,column,lt,ctr,rt) MALE RICH HAVE KEEP NOW | 60 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=671 |
| 808 | Gallaudet (1910) | FANCY | 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=808 |