Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 30, 2024
Search: REMOVE
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 443 | Long (1918) | FIRED | DISCHARGE, EXPEL, REMOVE FROM EMPLOYMENT | DISCHARGE, EXPEL, REMOVE FROM EMPLOYMENT: Hold up the forefinger of left "G" hand and with the forefinger of other hand knock it down. Or, hold up left hand similarly and knock down. The former sign carries a suggestion of malice or vindictiveness. IX,200. | 55 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=443&refid=long1918 |
| 444 | Long (1918) | REMOVE | SUBTRACT, TAKE AWAY, ABSENCE, DEFICIENCY | SUBTRACT, TAKE AWAY FROM, also denoting ABSENCE or DEFICIENCY: Hold open left hand with palm toward self; throw the ends of the fingers of the other hand with a scratching motion downward against the palm of the left, drawing it down and away from the hand as if taking off something. | 56 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=444&refid=long1918 |
| 1054 | Long (1918) | REMOVE | SUBTRACT | SUBTRACT: Holding the open left hand with palm toward self, strike the ends of the fingers of the right bent hand against its palm and drop the right hand down away from the left, as if taking something away from it. XXII,404. | 115 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=1054&refid=long1918 |
| 119 | Michaels (1923) | REMOVE | CHEAT | CHEAT: 1. Hold the left hand out before you so the palm of the hand will face you. 2. Make a snatch downward from the palm of the left hand with the right hand fingers. | 41 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=119&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 89 | Dougherty (1913) | REMOVE | 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=89 |
| 228 | Fox (1915) | REMOVE | N/A | DET-IX(ctr) BRAVE ARMY+ LIVE AND DIE(2h) WHO(l-hand,rf) WAR HERE END MAKE~NEAT MOST THAN 1P-POSS-PL WEAK STRONG CAN ADD+(lc) THEN REMOVE(rc) | 21 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=228 |
| 308 | Veditz (1913) | REMOVE | N/A | 3P-SELF-PL(rt) TRY REMOVE(int,lt-to-rt) SIGN FROM SCHOOL(lt) ROOM, FROM CHURCH, FROM(lt) EARTH; REMOVE(rt-to-lt) TRY+ S-O 1P-POSS-PL(arc-to-1P) SIGN DETERIORATE+++. | 28 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=308 |
| 317 | Veditz (1913) | REMOVE | N/A | 3P-SELF-PL(rt) TRY REMOVE(int,lt-to-rt) SIGN FROM SCHOOL(lt) ROOM, FROM CHURCH, FROM(lt) EARTH; REMOVE(rt-to-lt) TRY+ S-O 1P-POSS-PL(arc-to-1P) SIGN DETERIORATE+++. | 28 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=317 |