Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: MEAN
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL | |
| 54 | Higgins (1923) | MEAN | BACKBITE | BACKBITE: left "A" horizontal, palm rightward and knuckle of right "A" hand, palm leftward, struck down against and past left knuckles as if striking a flint. (Mean). | 14 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=54&refid=higgins1923 | |
| 136 | Long (1918) | MEAN | MEAN | MEAN: Place the "A" hands together in front of you, the middle joints of each hand touching; now raise the right hand slightly; bring it down quickly against the left so the joints strike those of the left hand, something after the manner of striking flint. For shameful meanness rub hand against the side of cheek first, as in "shame." IV,65. | 27 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=136&refid=long1918 | |
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