Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 9, 2024
Search: ROCK
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Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
388 | Higgins (1923) | ROCK | HARD | HARD: Both hands closed, back of right hand struck onto back of left prone. (Scarcely) (Difficult) (Reverses) (Obstacle) (Stone). | 71 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=388&refid=higgins1923 |
530 | Higgins (1923) | ROCK~cl-d:55(mountain) | MOUNTAIN | MOUNTAIN: "Hard" and both hands as if placed on the mountain and moved down the sides. (Move the hands upawrd to meet and the mountain peak will be indicated.) | 94 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=530&refid=higgins1923 |
580 | Long (1918) | ROCK | HARD | HARD: Strike the back of the left fist with the back of the right. Or, (2) Strike the back of the left fist with the fingers of the "H" hand bent almost double, striking the middle joint of the middle finger on the back of the fist. Note: The latter sign is often used in the sense of a "hard case," or a "hardened sinner," when made once and with considerable force. By touching the heart with the middle finger of the right open hand and then making the sign for "hard" is indicated one without feeling, "hard hearted." | 68 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=580&refid=long1918 |
889 | Long (1918) | ROCK~cl-d:55(hill) | HILL | HILL: The sign is similar (MOUNTAIN) but the hands are not lifted so high. | 98 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=889&refid=long1918 |
887 | Long (1918) | ROCK~cl-d:55(mountain) | MOUNTAIN | MOUNTAIN: Strike the back of the left "S" hand with the back of the right "S" hand; then extend the open hands, palms down, toward the left, tilt them and lift them upward, following the side of an imaginary mountain; turn to cross the top and then bring the hands down on the other side of the "mountain," thus having traced its shape with the hands. Note that the left hand proceeds first and the right follows it. | 97 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=887&refid=long1918 |
888 | Long (1918) | ROCK~cl-d:55(mountain~cl-trace:11(up-to-peak) | PEAK | PEAK: Make "mountain," and finish with raising the "G" hands up from the sides and closing at a point. | 98 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=888&refid=long1918 |
125 | Michaels (1923) | BLACK~ROCK~FIRE | COAL | COAL:1. Pass the index finger of one hand along the eye-brow: black.2. Strike on the back of the other hand: hard.3. Add the sign for burn. | 42 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=125&refid=michaels1923 |
272 | Michaels (1923) | ROCK | HARD | HARD:1. Strike on the back of the left fist with the right fist. | 70 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=272&refid=michaels1923 |
500 | Michaels (1923) | ROCK | ROCK | ROCK:1. Touch the teeth.2. Strike on the back of your left fist with the right fist.3. Sign small or large as the case may be. | 109 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=500&refid=michaels1923 |
548 | Michaels (1923) | ROCK | STONE | STONE:1. See sign for rock. | 117 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=548&refid=michaels1923 |
401 | Michaels (1923) | ROCK~cl-d:55(mountain) | MOUNTAIN | MOUNTAIN:1. Strike on the back of your left fist wtih your right fist.2. Move both hands with the fingers extended upward and almost perpendicular.3. Look upward in awe. | 92 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=401&refid=michaels1923 |
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Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
134 | Erd (1913) | ROCK~mountains~mountains | N/A | FAR+(pitch,rt) cl-trace:1(wandering,-to-rt) ROCK~cl-d:BB(mountains,lt)~cl-d:BB(mountains,rt) HEAR(pitch) HAPPEN(restr) YELL(pitch-to-rt). | 14 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&glossid=134 |
294 | Gallaudet (1910) | ROCK~up-steep-cliff | N/A | L-Y-N-T-O-N(l-hand) NEAR(lt) THAT(1h) WHERE T-H-E L-O-R-N-A D-O-O-N-E C-O-U-N-T-R-Y ALL-OVER NEAR(lt) INITIAL-W~LIQUID-CLASS~cl-d:55(ocean,-to-lt) B-R-I-S-T-O-L C-H-A-N-N-E-L(l-hand), AND ROCK~cl-d:BB(up-steep-cliff,rt) VERY BEAUTIFUL U-N-I-Q-U-E | 28 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=294 |
328 | Gallaudet (1910) | ROCK | N/A | cl-trace:1(walkway,-to-rt) MILE(rep,rt) TWO AND THAT(rep,1h) WAY(all along,-to-rt) LOOK-AT(dn-the-cliff,rt) INITIAL-W~LIQUID-CLASS~cl-d:55(ocean) THREE~HUNDRED MEASURE-FEET(dn,lt) AND cl-trace:1(up-cliff) ROCK(rep2x) THREE~HUNDRED MEASURE-FEET(up) | 31 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=328 |
350 | Gallaudet (1910) | ROCK | N/A | THAT(rep,1h) VERY U-N-U-S-U-A-L RELATED O-F LIQUID-CLASS~cl-d:55(ocean,-to-rt) AND ROCK~cl-d:BB(up-and-fwd-to-lt) | 33 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=350 |
358 | Gallaudet (1910) | ROCK | N/A | THAT(1h) WAY(-to-rt) LEAD(-to-rt) TO C-A-S-T-L-E-R-O-C-K, ONE BEAUTIFUL ROCK(rep)~cl-d-trace:BB(up,-to-rt) ABOUT MEASURE-FEET(up) ONE~THOUSAND | 34 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=358 |
579 | Gallaudet (1910) | ROCK~up-mountain | N/A | HAVE ROCK~cl-d-trace:BB(up-mountain) cl-d-trace:B(surrounding-land) SEE~KEEP FREE FROM INTERFERE(rep2x) | 51 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=579 |
591 | Gallaudet (1910) | ROCK | N/A | AND IN THAT(2h,rt) NOW SOME(rep) LEAVE-THERE(rc) ROCK R-U-I-N-S SHOW OLD(2h) HOUSE AGO D-O-O-N-E-S LIVE IN THAT(rep2x,2h) | 52 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=591 |
672 | Gallaudet (1910) | ROCK | N/A | VERY FANCY ROCK BUILD LARGE WITH cl-d:CC(rep2x,column,lt,ctr,rt) MALE RICH HAVE KEEP NOW | 60 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=672 |
81 | McGregor (1913) | ROCK~up-mountain | N/A | 3P-SELF+(rc) STAND ON ROCK~cl-d:55(up-mountain,rt) IN-FRONT-OF WORLD | 9 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=81 |
184 | McGregor (1913) | ROCK~mountain | N/A | ROCK~cl-d:55(mountain,lt) DRY~cl-d:55(spread,rt) LIQUID-CLASS~cl-d:55(ocean)-to-gs:SPREAD(ctr) INTERFERE-1P++(rt-to-lt) GOING+(lt-to-rt) | 20 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=184 |