Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: WEAK
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 827 | Higgins (1923) | WEAK | WEAK | WEAK: Right inverted "V" fingers standing on left supine palm and bending as if weak in the knees. (These right bending fingers placed against side of head indicate "Feeble-minded"). | 145 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=827&refid=higgins1923 |
| 449 | Long (1918) | WEAK | WEAKNESS | WEAKNESS: Place ends of "V" standing in palm of hand; bend the fingers so the hand falls toward the palm. | 56 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=449&refid=long1918 |
| 576 | Long (1918) | WEAK | WEAK | WEAK: Place the ends of the fingers of "V" hand in the palm of the open left hand; push the right hand against the palm so that the fingers bend and the hand falls against the palm. XII,237. | 68 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=576&refid=long1918 |
| 635 | Michaels (1923) | WEAK | WEAK | WEAK: 1. Put the tips of the index and middle fingers of the right hand in the palm of the left hand. 2. Press the right hand downward and as you do so bend the index and middle fingers. 3. Repeat two times. 4. Show weak expression. | 134 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=635&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 223 | Fox (1915) | WEAK | N/A | DET-IX(ctr) BRAVE ARMY+ LIVE AND DIE(2h) WHO(l-hand,rf) WAR HERE END MAKE~NEAT MOST THAN 1P-POSS-PL WEAK STRONG CAN ADD+(lc) THEN REMOVE(rc) | 21 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=223 |