Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 18, 2024
Search: BUILD
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 116 | Higgins (1923) | BUILD | BUILD | BUILD: Right palm on back of left hand and then left withdrawn and placed on right hand, hands higher, as building progresses, fingers of hands pointing in opposite directions. | 24 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=116&refid=higgins1923 |
| 540 | Long (1918) | BUILD | BUILD | BUILD: Build up the hands by placing the palm of one on back of other, like laying bricks, repeating the motion with each hand alternately several times, raising them during the action. | 65 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=540&refid=long1918 |
| 510 | Long (1918) | BUILD~ESTABLISH | FOUNDATION | FOUNDATION: Make the sign for building upward and then place the right "A" hand as above (ESTABLISH). | 62 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=510&refid=long1918 |
| 99 | Michaels (1923) | BUILD | BUILD | BUILD: 1. Put the palm of the right hand on the back of the left hand. 2. (Change): Put the palm of the left hand on the back of the right hand. 3. Repeat the movements and as you do so let the hands rise upward above the head. | 37 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=99&refid=michaels1923 |
| 590 | Michaels (1923) | BUILD~UP | TOWER | TOWER: 1. See build, and point upward. | 125 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=590&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 673 | Gallaudet (1910) | BUILD | N/A | VERY FANCY ROCK BUILD LARGE WITH cl-d:CC(rep2x,column,lt,ctr,rt) MALE RICH HAVE KEEP NOW | 60 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=673 |
| 511 | Hotchkiss (1913) | BUILD | N/A | AND TRUE YEAR SEVERAL FUTURE DEAF ALL-OVER MONEY~PAY(2h-alt) THREE~THOUSAND DOLLAR BUILD STATUE NEAT WITH cl-d-trace:X(profile) IN B-R-O-N-Z-E 3P-POSS(rt) pn:CLERC ESTABLISH(rt) THAT(1h,rt) AREA 3P-SELF AGO PICK-FROM(-from-rt) | 51 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=511 |