Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 526 | Higgins (1923) | MORE | MORE | Tips of "&" hands stuck together for "more." | 94 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=526&refid=higgins1923 |
| 527 | Higgins (1923) | MORE~SUPERIOR | MOST | MOST: Tips of "&" hands stuck together for "more" "Est" added. ("Many" and "Est": most). | 94 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=527&refid=higgins1923 |
| 64 | Long (1918) | MORE | MORE | MORE: Hold the left hand with thumb and fingers gathered together at a point and the ends pointing upward; from the side lift the right hand, thumb and fingers gathered as in the left, and place it upon the left hand so that the ends of the fingers meet, those of one hand pointing up and those of the other down. II,26. Or, (2) Hold out open left hand, palm toward right; against the palm throw the right "&" hand two or three times. Or, (3) Make the sign for "many" and raise the right "A" hand higher than the left. | 20 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=64&refid=long1918 |
| 65 | Long (1918) | MORE~SUPERIOR | MOST | MOST: Make the sign for "many" or "more;" then the indication of the superlative with right "A" raised high above. II,27. | 20 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=65&refid=long1918 |
| 398 | Michaels (1923) | cl-d:BB(increase) | MORE | MORE: 1. Hold your left turned up palm before you. 2. Put the tips of the right hand fingers against the left palm. 3. Move the right hand up about six inches. (For much, more the hand up higher and higher.) | 92 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=398&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 237 | Gallaudet (1910) | MORE | N/A | AND MORE THINK~SUPERIOR ALL-OVER VERY BEAUTIFUL C-O-U-N-T-R-Y | 23 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=237 |
| 947 | Gallaudet (1910) | MORE | N/A | LIVE MORE FUTURE WEEK(rep) SEVERAL IMPROVE STRONG | 81 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=947 |
| 733 | Hotchkiss (1913) | MORE | N/A | HEAVEN(up) THERE(up) ANGEL SEE(l-hand,lt) LIVE, gs:WONDERFUL HAPPY SING+++ MORE(int) ENTHUSIASTIC | 68 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=733 |
| 741 | Hotchkiss (1913) | MORE | N/A | D-A-V-I-D gs:HOLD-HARP SEE(-to-lt) pn:JESUS GET-UP, gs:STRUM-HARP++++(int) MORE BIG NOISE(diverges) | 69 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=741 |
| 67 | Veditz (1913) | MORE | N/A | BUT 3P-SELF-PL(rt-to-ctr) LOVE MORE KNOW~SUPERIOR 3P-SELF(lt) TRUE FATHER AND(rf) INVENT~AGENT O-F(rf) 1P-POSS-PL(1P-to-arc-to-1P) BEAUTIFUL SIGN. | 9 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=67 |