finger-language

The young man is not, like her, deprived of the organs of speech; but his proficiency in the finger-language is perfectly marvellous.

The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Nor can I discover grounds for believing that any inherited movement which now serves as a means of expression was at first voluntarily and consciously performed for this special purpose -- like some of the gestures and the finger-language used by the deaf and dumb.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

The spider knew nothing but the finger-language, and she moved her legs incessantly, telling fully and truly all about the havoc that was wrought, and urging the fire to come to the rescue lest the whole land be swallowed up by the sea.

Modern Icelandic Plays Eyvind of the Hills; The Hraun Farm J��hann Sigurj��nsson 1899

Nor can I discover grounds for believing that any inherited movement, which now serves as a means of expression, was at first voluntarily and consciously performed for this special purpose, -- like some of the gestures and the finger-language used by the deaf and dumb.

The expression of the emotions in man and animals 1898

Symbolic images are: In the visual order, written words, ideographic signs, etc.; in the auditory order, spoken words or verbal images; in the motor order, significant gestures, and even better, the finger-language of deaf-mutes.

Essai sur l'imagination créatrice. English Albert Heyem Nachmen Baron 1877

These originated from the materials furnished by the sense of touch, the muscular sense and general sensibility, before she had learned a sort of finger-language.

The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869

He can find his way, can skate well, can read finger-language, and can describe objects with a cloth thrown over his head.

Buchanan's Journal of Man, August 1887 Volume 1, Number 7 1856

"Why did you run away from me, child?" he began with rapid speech which was meant to have a tone of tender remonstrance, accompanied with various quick gestures like an abbreviated finger-language.

Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849

He propounded to the scientific bodies of Geneva, a year ago (when this young man was under education in the asylum), the possibility of teaching him to speak -- in other words, to play with his tongue upon his teeth and palate as if on an instrument, and connect particular performances with particular words conveyed to him in the finger-language.

The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844