Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 25, 2024
Search: WHITE~SNOW
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 882 | Long (1918) | WHITE~SNOW | SNOW | SNOW: Make sign for "white," thus: place open hand against the breast and draw it away, closing the fingers against it, so that when it is free of the body it is in the position of "&;" then end with hands same as above in "rain," omitting "water." | 97 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=882&refid=long1918 |
| 536 | Michaels (1923) | WHITE~SNOW | SNOW | SNOW: 1. Put the palm of the right hand to your shirt front. 2. Draw the hand outward meanwhile close the fingers around the thumb: white. 3. Hold the palm up as far as you can in front of you. 4. Let the hands come slowly down in an oscillating movement. 5. Wiggle the fingers as you move the hands downward. | 115 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=536&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 153 | Erd (1913) | WHITE~SNOW | N/A | ACROSS(pitch,-to-lt) WHITE~SNOW cl-d:55(covered,lt-to-rt)~cl:55+(fields), WAY(winding,-to-lt) gs:NOTHING BELOW(rt) TREE+(arc,rt) WHITE~SNOW(rt) cl-d:55+(covered-up),rt) cl:55+(branches-hanging-arched) cl:55+(alt,push-branches-away) cl:55+(alt,branches-swaying), | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&glossid=153 |
| 159 | Erd (1913) | WHITE~SNOW | N/A | ACROSS(pitch,-to-lt) WHITE~SNOW cl-d:55(covered,lt-to-rt)~cl:55+(fields), WAY(winding,-to-lt) gs:NOTHING BELOW(rt) TREE+(arc,rt) WHITE~SNOW(rt) cl-d:55+(covered-up),rt) cl:55+(branches-hanging-arched) cl:55+(alt,push-branches-away) cl:55+(alt,branches-swaying), | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&glossid=159 |