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Lazy. 



Lay the arched right hand (H) on the middle of the upper left arm 

 partially extended in front of the body, back of hand upward, and in the 

 same manner lay the left hand on the right arm, and then carry both 

 hands upward on their respective sides in front to the level of the face, 

 where both index-fingers are extended and point upright (J), from 

 whence they are carried slowly downward in front ot the body to the 

 level of the stomach. {Dalcota I.) " Lazy ; no good with the arms and 

 hands." 



Deaf-mute natural sU/n. — Having extended your cheeks, shake your 

 head, implying no, and then com|)ress them with the hands. (Cross.) 



Lieaii. See Poor. 



I^eaves (of trees). 



The sign for Tree must be made first, and in this case with the left 

 hand. Beginning from low down on left side, with fingers and tliumb 

 separated, pointed upward (P), move the hand ujiward till it reaches a 

 little above the head ; this is the tree. Right liand in position (CJ) is 

 brought to touch the different fingers of the left (which are the branches) ; 

 forefinger and thumb describe the leaf, and is made larger to describe 

 different kinds by parting the thumb and finger more or less. The sign 

 for Tree alone is generally made with the right hand. [Cheyenne II.) 



Make a tree and its branches, and then with the thumb and forefin- 

 ger of the right hand describe a semicircle with the free ends of the 

 thumb and finger turned downward in front of the body. {Dal-ota I.) 

 "In re-semblauce ol the drooping leaves of a tree." 



Arms are extended from body like limbs of a tree. The right hand, 

 in position (^), is then brought to left in i^osition (S) modified by being 

 horizontal edgewise. From the left, arm and hand still extended, the 

 right drops successively to the ground. Autumn is represented by this 

 sign, following the sign for Sun. (Oto I.) "Something that drops from 

 spreading limbs and the time for such." 



On trees. 



Same motion of right hand as in Tree, with the left hand and arm 

 in front above head, looking up, spread the fingers which were bent 

 downward. Tliumbs nearly touching, shake both hands sidewise and 

 u]) and down cpiickly in imitation of aspen-leaf motion. When the tree 

 is near, point in both cases to the tree or trees with the finger. ( Ojib- 

 wa IV.) 



Left-handed. 



The left hand clinched is held before the neck; the elbow is then 

 brought in to the side, at the same time giving to the forearm a twist, 

 so as to bring the closed palm opposite the breast. (Long.) 



