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Tlie Neapolitans, to express t-onteinpt, blow towards the person or 

 thing referred to. Tlie deaf-mutes preserve the connection of "bad" 

 and " taste " by brushing from the side of the mouth. This may be com- 

 pared with the deaf-mute sign of flipping an imaginary object between 

 thumb nail and forefinger, denoting something small or contemptible. 

 The motion of snapping the finger either on or from the thumb in dis- 

 dain is not only of large modern prevalence in civilization, but is at least 

 as ancient as the contemi>orary statute of Sardanapalus at Anchiale. 



Very. 



Sign for Very as in Very g'ood, and sign for Bad. {8fiha2)tiH I.) 



Bail heart; Wicked. (Compare Anger.) 



Sign for Bad, then folded right hand struck two or three times sud- 

 denly against the heart to imitate palpitation. [Cheyenne I.) 



Tap several times the region over the heart with the right Imud, hori- 

 zontal, fingers exteudeil, pointing toward the right, back outward, and 

 then make the sign for Anger. {Dal-otti I.) "My heart is bad." 



The sign most comtnonly used for this idea is made by the hand l)eing 

 closed and held near the breast, with the backs toward the breast, then 

 as the arm is suddenly extended the hand is opened and the fingers 

 separated from each other. {Mandan and Bklatsa I.) 



Place the fingers of the flat right hand over the heart, then make the 

 sign for bad. (Dakota VI, VII.) 



Bali. 



Middle fingers and thumbs of both hands brought together to repre- 

 sent a circle. {Cheyenne I.) 



For gun. See Bullet. 



Barter. See Trade. 



Ba^in. 



Same as Kettle, except] final motion of setting on the fire, which 

 is omitted. (Dakota I.) "From its shape." 



Ba!^ket. 



Interlock the separated fingers of the hands in front of body, backs 

 outward, hands horizontal, in imitation of the interlacing of basket- 

 winU. ( Ilolota I.) " From the interwoven splinters of a basket." 



Battle. (Compare Fight and Kill.) 



The clinched bauds are held about as high as the neck and five or six 

 iucliis asunder, then waved two or three times laterally to show the 



