Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 30, 2025
Search: TRAIN
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 1011 | Higgins (1923) | TBD | TRAIN | "Car" "Smoke." | 158 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=1011&refid=higgins1923 |
| 132 | Higgins (1923) | TRAIN | CAR | CAR: Prone index and middle of left hand pointing outward, and prone right index and middle extended across the left index and middle and moved out the length of fingers of left. (Tracks: "Car" and indicate the rails). | 27 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=132&refid=higgins1923 |
| 329 | Long (1918) | TRAIN | CARS | CARS: Hold out the left "H" hand, back up; place the right "H" flatwise on the knuckle of the middle and forefinger of left, then push the right "H" along the other as on a track; repeat the last motion, drawing the right hand back and forth several times. VIII,164. | 46 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=329&refid=long1918 |
| 330 | Long (1918) | TRAIN~cl-d-trace:L:L:(tracks) | RAILROAD-TRACK | RAILROAD TRACK: Make sign for "cars," then with hand on either side of you indicate width of a rail by opening thumb and forefinger and push the hands along at the side to represent the rails. | 46 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=330&refid=long1918 |
| 483 | Michaels (1923) | TRAIN | RAILROAD | RAILROAD: 1. Hold the left hand with the index and middle fingers extended and turned up. 2. Move the index and middle fingers of the right hand in a gliding way along on the back of the left hand index and middle fingers extended and back turned up. | 106 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=483&refid=michaels1923 |
| 593 | Michaels (1923) | TRAIN~TRAVEL | TRAVEL | TRAVEL: 1. Sign railroad. 2. Move the index finger in a round-about way in front of you and above your head. | 126 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=593&refid=michaels1923 |
| FILMS: | ||||||
| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 263 | Hubbard (1913) | TRAIN | N/A | 3P-IX(lt_dn) gs:WAVE(-to-rt) GO(l-hand,-to-lt) TRAIN H-O-S-P-I-T-A-L T-R-A-I-N gs:ARISE IN BRING+(ctr-to-lt) ACROSS(lt) COUNTRY(lt) TO(lt) WATER(rf)~cl-d:55(ocean) E-L-B-E-R-O-N. | 30 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hubbard&glossid=263 |
| 224 | McGregor (1913) | TRAIN | 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=224 |