Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 18, 2024
Search: HABIT
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL | |
| 380 | Higgins (1923) | HABIT | HABIT | HABIT: Left closed prone hand pointing outward, and right closed prone hand brought down onto left wrist and forcing it down. (Virtue: "Good" "Habit") (Vice: "Bad" "Habit"). | 70 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=380&refid=higgins1923 | |
| 381 | Higgins (1923) | HABIT | MENTAL HABIT | MENTAL HABIT: Right index tip to middle of forehead and then "Habit." | 70 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=381&refid=higgins1923 | |
| 237 | Long (1918) | HABIT | HAVE TO, OBLIGATION | "HAVE TO," indicating OBLIGATION: Place both "S" hands with wrists one above the other as if bound; press them both downward together. VI,130. | 37 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=237&refid=long1918 | |
| 259 | Long (1918) | THINK~HABIT | HABIT | HABIT, "Mental slavery": Forefinger at forehead as in "think," then bring "S" hands down, wrists one above the other, expressing the idea of the mind or will being bound. VII,140. | 39 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=259&refid=long1918 | |
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