Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 18, 2024
Search: PAIN
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 414 | Higgins (1923) | PAIN | HURT | HURT: Indices of both hands, palms inward, jabbed toward each other repeatedly. (This sign made near the ear denotes "earache" near the teeth for "tooth-ache".) (When awkwardness would occur, spell the afflicted member and sign "Hurt") (Pain) (Injury) (Quarrel: Sign "Hurt" lower the hands, elevate them again and sign "Hurt"). | 75 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=414&refid=higgins1923 |
| 750 | Higgins (1923) | SUFFER-PAIN | SUFFER | SUFFER: Both horizontal hands closed tightly and circled slowly and with tension around each other in vertical circles up-out-in-down-up, hands several inches apart. (Agony). | 132 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=750&refid=higgins1923 |
| 124 | Long (1918) | PAIN | PAIN | PAIN: Place hands in front of you with only forefingers extended and pointing toward each other several inches apart, then throw them at each other without touching the ends together; pain in any part of the body is indicated by placing the hands over that part of the body and making the motion; for instance, in headache the fingers are thrown at each other across the forehead. | 25 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=124&refid=long1918 |
| 1103 | Long (1918) | PATIENT~SUFFER-PAIN | FORTITUDE | FORTITUDE: Patient, suffering, or the sign for "Brave." | 121 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=1103&refid=long1918 |
| 5 | Michaels (1923) | PAIN | ACHE | ACHE: 1. Extend both index fingers. 2. Close the other fingers and thumbs in the palms of the hand. 3. Hold the hands over the place that aches. 4. Jab the index fingers toward each other two or three times. | 20 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=5&refid=michaels1923 |
| 441 | Michaels (1923) | PAIN | PAIN | PAIN: 1. Jab the index fingers toward each other an inch or two apart. See ache. | 99 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=441&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 22 | Dougherty (1913) | PAIN | N/A | ALSO 3P-IX-PL ALL HONOR LOVE DOCTOR WHO INVENT cl-i:OintoB(anesthesia) CAUSE CAN(rf) SLEEP OUT PAIN STOP HAPPEN(rf) cl-i:S(pull-tooth) OR cl:B(amputate-leg) SURGERY(at-lt-chest) SURGERY(at-rt-chest). | 4 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=22 |
| 61 | Dougherty (1913) | PAIN | N/A | MALE(rf) WALK(rf) BACK-AND-FORTH+ HEAR FEMALE(rf) THERE(rf) YELL+ PAIN | 7 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=61 |
| 90 | Dougherty (1913) | SUFFER-PAIN | N/A | MOM~DAD BOTH DECIDE SPEND(rf)~COLLECT MONEY GIVE(-to-rt) SON GROWUP LEARN BECOME DOCTOR HELP FIND WAY T-O CHANGE(rf) REMOVE SUFFER-PAIN AMONG(rf) PEOPLE. | 10 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=90 |
| 117 | Dougherty (1913) | SUFFER-PAIN | N/A | 3P-IX(rc,rf) PAY-ATTENTION SEEK+ WAY HELP MOTHER SUFFER-PAIN SEE~READ+ VARIOUS TRY THING. | 13 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=117 |
| 316 | Dougherty (1913) | PAIN | N/A | FROM-THEN-ON(rf) FUTURE QUEEN V-I-C-T-O-R-I-A 3P-SELF(rt) LITTLE-BIT BECOME(bs:rt) MOTHER(bs:rt) 3P-POSS(rt) FEMALE~DOCTOR GET C-H-L-O-R-O-F-O-R-M cl-i:O(-from-nose)-to-cl-i:B(give-chloroform) BORN SUCCEED WITH TROUBLE(neg) PAIN(neg) gs:NOTHING(neg). | 32 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=316 |
| 192 | Hubbard (1913) | SUFFER-PAIN | N/A | 3P-IX(rt) BODY(rf)~STRONG, HAPPEN MOMENT SEEM(2h) BLINK, 3P-IX(rt) BECOME cl:AA-to-BB(stricken,rt) pose:lay-there SUFFER-PAIN HELP 3P-SELF(rt) CANT+. | 20 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hubbard&glossid=192 |