Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: SMART
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 113 | Higgins (1923) | SMART | BRIGHT MENTALLY, SMART | BRIGHT MENTALLY or SMART: Middle tip of open hand on forehead and flipped quickly out to palm outward. | 24 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=113&refid=higgins1923 |
| 594 | Long (1918) | SMART | SHARP, BRIGHT, INTELLECTUALLY BRILLIANT | SHARP, BRIGHT, INTELLECTUALLY BRILLIANT: With the middle finger of the right "5" hand bent in, place the end against the center of the forehead, then throw it off with a twist, so that when the hand comes to rest the fingers point outward. The motion is similar to that in first sign for "sharp edge," but the sign is made from the forehead instead of the edge of the hand. XII,243. | 70 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=594&refid=long1918 |
| 534 | Michaels (1923) | UNDERSTAND | SMART | SMART: 1. Push the index finger of the right hand from the bridge of the nose up across the forehead. 2. Have an intelligent look. | 115 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=534&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 48 | McGregor (1912) | SMART | N/A | SAME(int) OFTEN HEAR ABOUT DEAF INDEFINITE IN THERE(rt) B-O-S-T-O-N SMART(int) SAY LIPREAD | 5 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_flea&glossid=48 |
| 69 | McGregor (1912) | SMART | N/A | pose:lean-fwd(lt) THERE(rf,lt) gs:WHAT DEAF SMART LIPREAD SAY(rf)? | 12 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_flea&glossid=69 |
| 88 | McGregor (1912) | SMART | N/A | 1P-IX-PL FUTURE(l-hand) GET ONE(raised_brow) CORRECT SMART LIPREAD SAY++, MINGLE PEOPLE? FUTURE(rf)NEVER. | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_flea&glossid=88 |