Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 19, 2024
Search: FEW
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 314 | Higgins (1923) | FEW | FEW | FEW: Right "C" hand, palm upward, and right thumb tip drawn across the tips to little finger tip, fingers straighten as thumb passes. (Some) (Several) (Something). | 58 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=314&refid=higgins1923 |
| 701 | Long (1918) | FEW-DAYS-FUTURE | IN A FEW DAYS | IN A FEW DAYS: Place the "A" hand against the cheek as in "to-morrow;" give the hand a similar motion as in "to-morrow" but more slowly; gradually bring the fingers out one by one as in "few." Or, (2) Sign for "few," "days," and "after." XIV,275. | 80 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=701&refid=long1918 |
| 706 | Long (1918) | FEW~DAYS~PAST | A FEW DAYS AGO | A FEW DAYS AGO: Place "A" hand with the end of the thumb against corner of the mouth; holding the thumb still there, draw the hand back and gradually open out the fingers one by one until the hand assumes the position of "5." Or, (2) Sign "few," "days," and "ago." | 81 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=706&refid=long1918 |
| 207 | Michaels (1923) | SEVERAL | FEW | FEW: 1. Relax the fingers one after the other from the closed fist. | 57 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=207&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 203 | Fay (1913) | FEW-DAYS-FUTURE | N/A | ONE-DAY-AGO BEFORE pn:EMG GO-AWAY TO CITY pn:PHILADELPHIA FOR ARRANGE(3x) BEFORE FEW-DAYS-FUTURE ALL COLLEGE cl-p:CC(group,rt-to-lt) VISIT THAT(1h,lt) SHOW(lt). | 14 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fay&glossid=203 |
| 288 | Hubbard (1913) | FEW | N/A | SMALL FROM-THEN-ON LITTLE-BIT MALE(rf)~FEMALE(rf)~PEOPLE KNOW+ 3P-IX(rt) pose:nod 3P-POSS(rt) HOUR++ FEW END. | 32 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hubbard&glossid=288 |