Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
March 29, 2024

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BOOKS:
Entry ID Book Source Reference Gloss Author’s gloss Description Page URL
526Higgins (1923) MOREMORETips of "&" hands stuck together for "more."94hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=526&refid=higgins1923
527Higgins (1923) MORE~SUPERIORMOSTMOST: Tips of "&" hands stuck together for "more" "Est" added. ("Many" and "Est": most).94hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=527&refid=higgins1923
64Long (1918) MOREMOREMORE: 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.20hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=64&refid=long1918
65Long (1918) MORE~SUPERIORMOSTMOST: Make the sign for "many" or "more;" then the indication of the superlative with right "A" raised high above. II,27.20hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=65&refid=long1918
398Michaels (1923) cl-d:BB(increase)MOREMORE: 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.) 92hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=398&refid=michaels1923
FILMS:
Tag ID Signer(Year) Reference Gloss   Context Segment URL
237Gallaudet (1910) MOREN/AAND MORE THINK~SUPERIOR ALL-OVER VERY BEAUTIFUL C-O-U-N-T-R-Y23hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=237
947Gallaudet (1910) MOREN/ALIVE MORE FUTURE WEEK(rep) SEVERAL IMPROVE STRONG81hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=947
733Hotchkiss (1913) MOREN/AHEAVEN(up) THERE(up) ANGEL SEE(l-hand,lt) LIVE, gs:WONDERFUL HAPPY SING+++ MORE(int) ENTHUSIASTIC68hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=733
741Hotchkiss (1913) MOREN/AD-A-V-I-D gs:HOLD-HARP SEE(-to-lt) pn:JESUS GET-UP, gs:STRUM-HARP++++(int) MORE BIG NOISE(diverges)69hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=741
67Veditz (1913) MOREN/ABUT 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.9hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=67