Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: WAIT
| BOOKS: | ||||||
| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 819 | Higgins (1923) | WAIT | WAIT | WAIT: Both bent hands tandem to one side, palms facing each other, but one hand nearer the body, fingers bending as if beckoning. | 144 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=819&refid=higgins1923 |
| 152 | Long (1918) | WAIT | WAIT | WAIT: Extend the left arm out a little way from the side, palm up; bring the right hand in the same position "tandem"-wise, so the arm rests across the body; work the fingers as in playing a piano or a stringed instrument, only have the fingers pointing up. IV,75. | 28 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=152&refid=long1918 |
| 623 | Michaels (1923) | HUSH~WAIT | WAIT | WAIT: 1. Press your index finger against your lips. 2. Hold both hands out forward with the palms up, and the left hand a little further out than the right hand. 3. Wiggle the fingers. 4. Have a patient look. | 131 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=623&refid=michaels1923 |
| FILMS: | ||||||
| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 95 | McGregor (1912) | WAIT | N/A | bs:-to-lt DEAF gs:WAIT(int) SUGAR cl-d-trace:1onB(cake,circ)... | 14 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_cake&glossid=95 |
| 327 | McGregor (1913) | WAIT | N/A | AND(int) 1P-IX-PL STOP gs:WAIT (rt)ASK-QUESTION(-to-rt) WHO THERE(rt) BLACK~FACE OR YELLOW OR WHITE~FACE OR BROWN(ctr) gs:NOTHING(exp) gs:NOTHING(exp) | 34 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=327 |