Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 30, 2025

Search: LARGE

BOOKS:
Entry ID Book Source Reference Gloss Author’s gloss Description Page URL
466Higgins (1923) LARGELARGELARGE: Both "L" hands, indices pointing outward and thumbs upward, drawn to sides to show size. (The slower and more tense, the larger the object.)84hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=466&refid=higgins1923
737Long (1918) LARGELARGELARGE: Hold the "L" hands palm to palm and draw them apart. XV,296.84hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=737&refid=long1918
1148Long (1918) LARGE~LAW~BREAKSIN (mortal)SIN (Mortal): Large, sin.123hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=1148&refid=long1918
642Michaels (1923) FISH~LARGE~cl:11(along-nose>whale-spouting)WHALEWHALE: 1. Sign fish and large. 2. Pass the index fingers up along the sides of your nose and outward as a whale spirming. (To denote Jonah, add sign of man and swallow.)135hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=642&refid=michaels1923
475Michaels (1923) YELLOW~LARGE~GLOBEPUMPKINPUMPKIN: 1. Sign yellow, large and ball or globe.105hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=475&refid=michaels1923
FILMS:
Tag ID Signer(Year) Reference Gloss   Context Segment URL
110Cloud (1913) LARGEN/ANOW 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.4hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=cloud&glossid=110
52Draper (1915) large-square-documentN/AIN THAT(2h) HOUR FEEL PROGRESS-UP BRING TO 3P-SELF ONE cl-d-trace:11(large-square-document) 3P-IX WRITE~PUT-DOWN 3P-POSS(rt) NAME PUT-DOWN.6hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=draper&glossid=52
132Fox (1915) LARGEN/ANOW 1P-IX-PL BIND~MIX IN ONE(rf) LARGE WAR BETWEEN 1P-POSS-PL PEOPLE FOR WEIGH-SCALE PROVE OR THAT(2h) NATION OR(rf) OTHER(rf)~ANY NATION SO-AS SHAPE(rc) SO-AS cl:CC(set-aside,-to-rt) CAN LONG CONTINUE 15hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=132
157Fox (1915) LARGEN/A1P-IX-PL cl-p:CC(gather) ON ONE LARGE WAR LAND~ALL-OVER THAT(1h) WAR FOR(l-hand) cl:CC(set-aside-to-rt) SOME(rc) THAT(1h,rt) LAND(rt) FOR ONE LAST REST PLACE FOR(rc) THAT(1h,rt) ARMY+ WHO HERE GIVE-GIFT(up) 3P-POSS(rc) LIVE SO-AS THAT(2h) NATION CAN LIVE.16hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=157
517Gallaudet (1910) LARGEN/AHOUSE FANCY NEAT LARGE(lc) SHOW MALE~INDEFINITE RICH PLOW KEEP(lc) ALL-OVER 46hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=517
529Gallaudet (1910) LARGEN/AAND 1P-IX-PL GET(lt) EAT UNDER(lt) LARGE(lt) TREE(l-hand_dom) SEEM(2h,lt) SAME OLD(2h) ENOUGH FOR YEAR(rep) THREE~HUNDRED PAST(l-hand) WHEN TIME-PERIOD O-F J-O-H-N47hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=529
674Gallaudet (1910) LARGEN/AVERY FANCY ROCK BUILD LARGE WITH cl-d:CC(rep2x,column,lt,ctr,rt) MALE RICH HAVE KEEP NOW60hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=674
980Gallaudet (1910) LARGEN/ATHAT(1h) WORTH LARGE84hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=980
256Hotchkiss (1913) LARGEN/AAND IN THAT(1h) 3P-IX-DUAL+(rc) 3P-SELF(rc) TRY THROUGH SIGN LARGE BEAUTIFUL SOME+ LONG BUT EXACT CLEAR23hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=256
62Marshall (1920) large-roundN/A1P-IX(rf) gs:OVER-THERE(rt) gs:SEE cl-d:55(large-round) SAME MELON~YELLOW cl:55(shove-in-cannonball,lt) cl-i:AA(stuffing-powder,lt), 9hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&glossid=62
175McGregor (1913) LARGEN/ATHINK~SUPERIOR DURING THAT(1h) TIME-PERIOD, WORLD SEEM(2h) LARGE(int) PEOPLE FEEL FAR(int,r-hand-to-rt) FAR(l-hand-to-lt) FAR(r-hand-to-rc) FEEL(1x) MINGLE CANT+++.19hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=175