Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: REVENGE
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL | |
| 661 | Higgins (1923) | REVENGE | REVENGE | REVENGE: Joined thumb and index of both hands striking each other forcibly. (Retaliate) ("Goody" or glad of another's accident or "Serves him right"). | 116 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=661&refid=higgins1923 | |
| 458 | Long (1918) | REVENGE | REVENGE, RETALIATE, PAY ONE BACK | REVENGE, RETALIATE, PAY ONE BACK: With thumb and forefingers in pinching position, throw them together so the fingers (closed) strike at the same time the thumbs and forefingers touch. IX,207. Or, 2) More specifically RETALIATION, or TO MAKE RETURN: Hold the "O" hands one behind the other, the fingers of the "O" up; change their relative positions by drawing one down, under and up beyond the other. The sign is frequently made in the air by right hand alone, merely throwing it down with a jerk. | 57 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=458&refid=long1918 | |
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