Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: WHITE
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 838 | Higgins (1923) | WHITE | WHITE | WHITE: Open palm laid on chest, drawn outward, changing to "&" fingers pointing inward. | 147 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=838&refid=higgins1923 |
| 144 | Higgins (1923) | WHITE~cl:L:(strike-lt-index) | CHALK | CHALK: Open palm on chest drawn outward closing tips together to denote "White" and then right index and thumb tips as if measuring the length of left extended index. | 29 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=144&refid=higgins1923 |
| 667 | Long (1918) | WHITE | WHITE | WHITE: Place the palm of the open right hand against the breast; draw it away (to the front), bringing the fingers into the position of "&." XIII,264. | 77 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=667&refid=long1918 |
| 903 | Long (1918) | WHITE~cl-d:B:B:(clasp&shake-to-jingle) | SILVER | SILVER: Make "white" (place palm of right hand against breast and draw it outward, hand assuming the position of "&"); then bring the hands together, making a hollow of them; shake as if they contained something to jingle. | 99 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=903&refid=long1918 |
| 882 | Long (1918) | WHITE~SNOW | SNOW | SNOW: Make sign for "white," thus: place open hand against the breast and draw it away, closing the fingers against it, so that when it is free of the body it is in the position of "&;" then end with hands same as above in "rain," omitting "water." | 97 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=882&refid=long1918 |
| 457 | Michaels (1923) | cl:5>8pluckB(plate)~WHITE~cl-trace:1(round) | PLATE | PLATE: 1. Pluck under the back of the left hand with the middle finger of the right hand. 2. Sign white. 3. Make a circle around the left hand with the right index finger. | 101 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=457&refid=michaels1923 |
| 354 | Michaels (1923) | SICK~WHITE~cl:O>5onB(splotch-on-hand) | LEPROSY | LEPROSY: 1. Sign sick. 2. Sign white, viz.: Put the palm of the hand to the shirt front and draw the hand out closing the fingers around the thumbs. 3. Make a spluttering movement along the back of the left hand with the fingers of the right hand. | 83 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=354&refid=michaels1923 |
| 647 | Michaels (1923) | WHITE | WHITE | WHITE: 1. Put the palm of your right hand to your shirt front. 2. Draw the hand outward closing the fingers around the thumb as you do so. Repeat the movement. | 136 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=647&refid=michaels1923 |
| 525 | Michaels (1923) | WHITE~MONEY~cl-d:B:B:(clasp&shake to jingle) | SILVER | SILVER: 1. Make the sign of white. 2. Strike the back of the right hand in the palm of the left hand: money. 3. Put the palms of the hands near each other and shake them as if rattling silver money. | 113 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=525&refid=michaels1923 |
| 536 | Michaels (1923) | WHITE~SNOW | SNOW | SNOW: 1. Put the palm of the right hand to your shirt front. 2. Draw the hand outward meanwhile close the fingers around the thumb: white. 3. Hold the palm up as far as you can in front of you. 4. Let the hands come slowly down in an oscillating movement. 5. Wiggle the fingers as you move the hands downward. | 115 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=536&refid=michaels1923 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 153 | Erd (1913) | WHITE~SNOW | N/A | ACROSS(pitch,-to-lt) WHITE~SNOW cl-d:55(covered,lt-to-rt)~cl:55+(fields), WAY(winding,-to-lt) gs:NOTHING BELOW(rt) TREE+(arc,rt) WHITE~SNOW(rt) cl-d:55+(covered-up),rt) cl:55+(branches-hanging-arched) cl:55+(alt,push-branches-away) cl:55+(alt,branches-swaying), | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&glossid=153 |
| 159 | Erd (1913) | WHITE~SNOW | N/A | ACROSS(pitch,-to-lt) WHITE~SNOW cl-d:55(covered,lt-to-rt)~cl:55+(fields), WAY(winding,-to-lt) gs:NOTHING BELOW(rt) TREE+(arc,rt) WHITE~SNOW(rt) cl-d:55+(covered-up),rt) cl:55+(branches-hanging-arched) cl:55+(alt,push-branches-away) cl:55+(alt,branches-swaying), | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=erd&glossid=159 |
| 149 | Hotchkiss (1913) | WHITE | N/A | OLD(2h) cl-d:B(medium-height) MEDIUM WHITE HAIR cl-d:OxOx-to-AA(mustache) | 13 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=149 |
| 166 | Marshall (1920) | WHITE | N/A | 1P-IX(rf) gs:OVER-THERE(rt) gs:SEE cl-d:5(feather,circ-at-hat) HAT cl-i:XxXx++(pull-feather-dn,l-hand-hold-at-hat) RED BLUE WHITE BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL | 25 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&glossid=166 |
| 335 | McGregor (1913) | WHITE~FACE | 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=335 |