Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: EARTH
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 266 | Higgins (1923) | EARTH | EARTH (planet) | EARTH (planet): Left hand closed, palm downward, and right thumb and middle of open hand forming a semicircle, as if the tips were holding the ends of an axis in the left hand, left hand moved slightly to indicate revolving on axis. | 50 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=266&refid=higgins1923 |
| 268 | Higgins (1923) | EARTH~BREAK | EARTHQUAKE | EARTHQUAKE: "Earth" and "Break" made so that the hands are upward at end of sign. | 50 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=268&refid=higgins1923 |
| 869 | Long (1918) | EARTH | EARTH, GLOBE, GEOGRAPHY | THE EARTH, or THE GLOBE: Hold the left "S" hand as if it were grasping an axis held between the thumb and middle finger of the right hand; move both hands as if the left were turning or swinging on this imaginary axis. This sign is also used to mean "GEOGRAPHY." XVIII,344. | 96 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=869&refid=long1918 |
| 886 | Long (1918) | EARTH~THUNDER | EARTHQUAKE | EARTHQUAKE: Sign "earth" and finish with hands as in "thunder." | 97 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=886&refid=long1918 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 150 | Draper (1915) | EARTH | N/A | C-O-G-E-S-S END SEEK BEFORE(exp) ABOUT(rf) THAT(2h) ASK-QUESTION, AND 3P-SELF(lt) C-O-G-R-S DECIDE THAT(1h) A-C-T GOOD(2h,int) HELP PROGRESS EARTH HELP TRUE. | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=draper&glossid=150 |
| 365 | Erd (1913) | EARTH | N/A | EARTH(rt) HERE(rt) EAT gs:NOTHING HUNGRY HOT~gs:FEVER GRIEVE(bow) HEART HARM BODY THIN cl-d:BB(thin-body) TIRED. | 37 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&glossid=365 |
| 387 | Erd (1913) | EARTH | N/A | FUTURE LITTLE-BIT TIME-PERIOD 1P-IX GOING(1x-to-lt) 1P-POSS DUTY DO ON EARTH END, FUTURE LITTLE-BIT TIME-PERIOD PASS THEN 2P-POSS(lt) cl:1(feet) WALK++(-to-lt) 1P-IX FUTURE FOLLOW(pitch) FAR+(pitch,1-hs) | 38 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&glossid=387 |
| 331 | Fox (1915) | EARTH | N/A | DET-IX-PL(arc) GOVERNMENT CONTROL OVER-ALL 2P-POSS-PL PEOPLE BY DET-IX PEOPLE AND FOR DET-IX(-to-rt) PEOPLE FUTURE NOT~NEVER WIPE~AWAY FROM EARTH HERE. | 27 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=331 |
| 713 | Hotchkiss (1913) | EARTH | N/A | BUT DEVIL+++ SEE(-to-lt) pn:JESUS(lt) DIE(1h,l-hand,lt), pose:hands-in-air HAPPY pose:stomping-and-wringing-hands NOW 1P-IX CAN TAKE(2h,-to-lc)~ALL-OVER(lc) ALL(exp) EARTH(lc) TRUE(int) | 66 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=713 |
| 229 | McGregor (1913) | EARTH | 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=229 |
| 443 | McGregor (1913) | EARTH | N/A | BUT(int) 1P-POSS-PL(1P-to-arc) BROTHER ON EARTH TRUE REQUIRE 1P-POSS-PL(1P-to-arc-to-1P) HELP, 1P-IX NEED 1P-POSS-PL HELP; | 42 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=443 |
| 589 | McGregor (1913) | EARTH | N/A | WORTH THING MOST ON EARTH gs:WHAT? SERVE TO OTHER OTHER(arc) 1P-POSS-PL BROTHer(glitch) 1P-POSS-PL BROTHER SISTER. | 56 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=589 |
| 625 | McGregor (1913) | EARTH | N/A | WHEN WORLD UNDERSTAND CLEAR pn:JESUS 3P-POSS(up,rt) WORD+, 1P-POSS-PL FATHER IN 3P-POSS(rt) TRUE MEANING, FUTURE(2h) TAKE(2h-alt) STRUGGLE, WAR STOP(int) END AND 3P-POSS(up,int,rt) KING TRUE COME(-from-up) ON EARTH. | 57 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=625 |
| 642 | McGregor (1913) | EARTH | N/A | 1P-POSS-PL FATHER(rf) IN~HEAVEN pose:bow 2P-POSS(up) KING COME(up-to-), 2P-POSS(up) APPRECIATE DO ON EARTH SO-AS HEAVEN pose:bow | 59 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=642 |
| 31 | Veditz (1913) | EARTH | N/A | SHOW 3P-SELF-PL(rt-to-ctr) HAPPY++ THAT(2h) MALE~cl-d:B(height) BORN ON HERE EARTH. | 4 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=31 |
| 316 | Veditz (1913) | EARTH | N/A | 3P-SELF-PL(rt) TRY REMOVE(int,lt-to-rt) SIGN FROM SCHOOL(lt) ROOM, FROM CHURCH, FROM(lt) EARTH; REMOVE(rt-to-lt) TRY+ S-O 1P-POSS-PL(arc-to-1P) SIGN DETERIORATE+++. | 28 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=316 |
| 628 | Veditz (1913) | EARTH | N/A | A-S L-O-N-G A-S 1P-IX-PL(1P-to-arc-to-1P) HAVE DEAF ON EARTH, 1P-IX-PL(1P-to-arc-to-1P) FUTURE HAVE SIGN. | 57 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=628 |