Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 19, 2024
Search: FEEL~PITY
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 510 | Higgins (1923) | FEEL~PITY | MERCY | MERCY: "Feel" then right palm outward and circled as if on the back of the person pitied. (Pity). | 91 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=510&refid=higgins1923 |
| 163 | Long (1918) | FEEL~PITY | PITY | PITY (feel sorry for): Draw the middle finger upward against the heart (feel), and then bring the open hand out extended toward the imaginary object of pity, making a kind of stroking or circular motion with the hand, as if giving comfort. V,84. | 30 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=163&refid=long1918 |
| 116 | Michaels (1923) | FEEL~PITY | CHARITY | CHARITY: 1. Touch over the heart with the index finger of the right hand. 2. Stroke on some imaginary object in front of you. Use the same hand. Also 1. Pull downward under your left coat sleeve with the right hand: poor. 2. Move the right hand outward, palm up and act as if dropping something: give. | 40 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=116&refid=michaels1923 |
| 132 | Michaels (1923) | FEEL~PITY | COMPASSION | COMPASSION: 1. See pity. | 44 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=132&refid=michaels1923 |
| 456 | Michaels (1923) | FEEL~PITY | PITY | PITY: 1. Pass the middle finger of the right hand up over your heart. 2. Stroke the hand outward toward the object. 3. Have a kindly expression. | 100 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=456&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 40 | Cloud (1913) | FEEL~PITY | 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=40 |
| 298 | Dougherty (1913) | FEEL~PITY | N/A | DOCTOR TROUBLE PROTECT(rt) DISCUSS(rt) GOD FEEL~PITY(rf-to-rc). | 31 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=298 |
| 768 | Gallaudet (1910) | FEEL~PITY | N/A | 1P-IX-PL HAVE VERY PLEASANT TEA EAT MUCH AND THINKING ABOUT FEEL~PITY YOUNG W-H-I-C-H-A-L-S-E 3P-SELF(rt) LOVE FOR L-O-R-N-A D-O-O-N-E WRONG(2h) 3P-POSS(rt) LIVE HAPPY LOSE gs:ALAS | 67 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=768 |