Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 23, 2024
Search: IMPROVE
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 429 | Higgins (1923) | IMPROVE | IMPROVE | IMPROVE: Left hand pointing outward, palm rightward, left hand edgewise across left wrist and moved in successive stages up the arm. (Amend). | 78 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=429&refid=higgins1923 |
| 325 | Long (1918) | IMPROVE | IMPROVE, PROGRESS UPWARD | IMPROVE, GRADUAL PROGRESS UPWARD: Hold out left "B" hand, forefinger edge up; place the little-finger edge of "B" right hand crosswise near end of left forefinger; raise it and drop it again on left hand a little farther up, and continue motion the length of the hand, and beyond, thus measuring off spaces of advancement. VIII,162. | 46 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=325&refid=long1918 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 951 | Gallaudet (1910) | IMPROVE | N/A | LIVE MORE FUTURE WEEK(rep) SEVERAL IMPROVE STRONG | 81 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=951 |
| 36 | Hubbard (1913) | IMPROVE | N/A | DET-IX-PL DEAF GATHER HERE FROM pn:AMERICA THERE+++(rt-to-lt) HERE (glitch) FOR HONOR(bow) MALE~cl-d:B(height) THREE SPECIAL ONE fs:OF 1P-POSS-PL M-A-R-T-R-Y-R-E-D P-R-E-S-D-E-N-T-S AND FRIEND 1P-POSS-PL TRY+ PROGRESS++ IMPROVE SCHOOL HELP DEAF. | 6 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hubbard&glossid=36 |