Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 16, 2024
Search: TELEGRAPH
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 766 | Higgins (1923) | TELEGRAPH | TELEGRAPH | TELEGRAPH: Left index pointing rightward, palm inward, right prone bent index tapped on the base of left index and then goes out along the left index to show the wire and rapidity. | 135 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=766&refid=higgins1923 |
| 289 | Long (1918) | TELEGRAPH | TELEGRAM, TELEGRAPH | TELEGRAM, TELEGRAPH: Along the edge of the forefinger of "G" hand held in front of you, imitate, with a crooked right forefinger, the action of a sender in a telegraph instrument and "shoot" along. VII,151. | 42 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=289&refid=long1918 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 233 | Fay (1913) | TELEGRAPH~TELEGRAPH | N/A | SO-AS 1P-IX TELEGRAPH~TELEGRAPH(-to-lt) TO pn:EMG TELL(-to-lt) TOMORROW MORNING TIME+~SEVEN D-O-M P-E-D-R-O FUTURE COME(-from-rt) VISIT COLLEGE. | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fay&glossid=233 |
| 223 | McGregor (1913) | TELEGRAPH | N/A | TELEGRAPH(-to-rt) TRAIN(-to-lt) cl-d:BB(railroad-wheels) ATTRACT PEOPLE NEAR++(ctr-to-rt-to-ctr), EARTH ALL(all_around,exp) SMALL(abrupt,int) SMALL+++ | 24 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=223 |