Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 30, 2025
Search: LOSE
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 492 | Higgins (1923) | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE: Both hands with backs of fingers touching, fingers pointing upward, palms supine, hands separated to sides, fingers becoming supine as if dropping something from between them. | 88 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=492&refid=higgins1923 |
| 372 | Long (1918) | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE: Place finger nails of bent hands together, back to back, so the ends of the fingers point upward; swing the hands down and separate till the fingers come straight. VIII,179. | 50 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=372&refid=long1918 |
| 469 | Long (1918) | SURRENDER | GIVE UP, LOSE HOPE, DISCOURAGED | GIVE UP, LOSE HOPE, DISCOURAGED: Hold the "A" hands in front, thumb toward thumb; lift the hands slowly, open them to position of "5" and simultaneously with the action draw the head and shoulders back somewhat. X,212. | 59 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=469&refid=long1918 |
| FILMS: | ||||||
| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 780 | Gallaudet (1910) | LOSE | 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=780 |
| 606 | Hotchkiss (1913) | LOSE | N/A | SO-AS CHILDREN APPRECIATE~MOST LOSE(rt) 3P-POSS(lc-to-lt) EAT THAN LOSE(lt) SEE(-to-lt) THAT(1h,lt) MALE TWO 3P-POSS(lt) PREACH++ ALL-AFTERNOON SUNDAY DAY | 58 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=606 |
| 610 | Hotchkiss (1913) | LOSE | N/A | SO-AS CHILDREN APPRECIATE~MOST LOSE(rt) 3P-POSS(lc-to-lt) EAT THAN LOSE(lt) SEE(-to-lt) THAT(1h,lt) MALE TWO 3P-POSS(lt) PREACH++ ALL-AFTERNOON SUNDAY DAY | 58 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=610 |