Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 770 | Higgins (1923) | DET-IX | THE | THE: Right index pointing outward, dropped several inches. | 135 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=770&refid=higgins1923 |
| 996 | Higgins (1923) | TBD | ON THE STRIKE | Both "X" hands, palm down, stuck together from the sides so that the indices and thumbs collide. | 158 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=996&refid=higgins1923 |
| 680 | Long (1918) | EXCEED | EXCESSIVE, EXCEED, ABOVE THE ORDINARY | EXCESSIVE, EXCEED, ABOVE THE ORDINARY: Placing the left bent hand in front, palm down, rest the bent right hand upon the backs of the fingers, and then carry it up more or less according as the excess is great or small. XIII,266. | 78 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=680&refid=long1918 |
| 313 | Long (1918) | GET | RECEIVE, GET (by the speaker) | RECEIVE, GET (by the speaker): Make similar motion (OBTAIN) but at the same time draw hands toward you. VIII,159. | 45 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=313&refid=long1918 |
| 730 | Long (1918) | NEXT-ONE | NEXT (after the first) | NEXT (after the first): Hold out the left "L" hand with the forefinger of the right "G" hand pointed just over and across it; giving the wrist a twist bring the right forefinger around the end of the left forefinger and up against its underside. XIV,289. | 83 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=730&refid=long1918 |
| 935 | Long (1918) | pn:AMERICA | AMERICA, THE UNION | AMERICA, signifying THE UNION: With palms toward self, lock the ends of the fingers of the "5" hands so they are crossed, one above the other (like rails on a fence), and drawing the hands toward the left, swing them around the front in a semi-circle to the right side. XX,364. Or, (2) With the right "A" hand, thumb up, describe a circle on the back of the left hand. | 103 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=935&refid=long1918 |
| 276 | Long (1918) | SUMMONS~COME-HERE | CALL, ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF | CALL, ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF: Hold open left hand out in front, palm down and back slightly toward self; strike the back with the open right hand and then beckon toward self. VII,144. | 41 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=276&refid=long1918 |
| 117 | Michaels (1923) | THINK~CHANGE | TO CHANGE THE MIND | TO CHANGE THE MIND: 1. Touch the forehead with the tip of the index finger. 2. Sign the change. | 40 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=117&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 57 | Cloud (1913) | THE | N/A | 3P-SELF DEVIATE FROM fs:THE WAY GLORY PEOPLE BEFORE FOLLOW AND MAKE NEW WAY AND MOST FOR 3P-SELF IN gs:WHAT FUTURE(2h) FOLLOW BY S-I-C-A-R-D, C-L-E-R-C, fs:THE G-A-L-L-A-U-D-E-T-S AND ALL WHO UP-TILL-NOW WHO FUTURE BECOME TRUE FRIEND TEACH~AGENT DEAF. | 3 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=cloud&glossid=57 |
| 78 | Cloud (1913) | THE | N/A | 3P-SELF DEVIATE FROM fs:THE WAY GLORY PEOPLE BEFORE FOLLOW AND MAKE NEW WAY AND MOST FOR 3P-SELF IN gs:WHAT FUTURE(2h) FOLLOW BY S-I-C-A-R-D, C-L-E-R-C, fs:THE G-A-L-L-A-U-D-E-T-S AND ALL WHO UP-TILL-NOW WHO FUTURE BECOME TRUE FRIEND TEACH~AGENT DEAF. | 3 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=cloud&glossid=78 |
| 292 | Veditz (1913) | THE | N/A | BUT DET-IX-PL(X-to-arc-to-X) pn:AMERICA(rc) DEAF(l-hand) KNOW(r-hand), pn:FRANCE(rt) DEAF(r-hand) KNOW(r-hand), pn:GERMANY(lt) DEAF(l-hand) KNOW(l-hand) TRUE fs:THE ORAL M-E-T-H-O-D POOR~MOST. | 26 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=292 |
| 408 | Veditz (1913) | THE | N/A | AND 1P-IX-PL(1P-to-arc-to-1P) WANT KEEP++ fs:THE SIGN SAME~THAT(1h,lc) MALE~cl-d:B(height) NOW USE(1h) | 36 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=408 |