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Hiiiiilier. (Coiuparc Coiintiiig^; Quantity.) 



JJeaf-mute natural sign. — Count the Augers uutil the number uiue is 

 readied, and beyond it count doubles of tbe hands, each denoting ten. 



{(•nm.) 



Objection. 



Italian sign. — A finger placed on the lower lip is understood to ineiiu 

 some new and suddenly started objection to a previous plan. {Butler.) 



Obtain. (Compare Po!>i!«es!!>ion.) 



First make the gesture for ^line, then move the right hand right 

 and left before the face, the thumb turned toward the face. ( Wiecl.) 



Make the sign for Searching', hunting for, and then take hold 

 of the object with the right hand and draw it in toward the body, near 

 which the hand is brought to a stop. {Dakota. I.) " Have hunted for 

 and got it." 



Deaf -mute natural sign. — Extend the hand, and close and move it back. 

 {Ballard.) 



Ocean. 



Make the sign for Water, then place the flat hands, palms down- 

 ward, thumbs joining, before the breast, and move them horizontally 

 outward to either side. {Absarol-a I; Shoshoni and Banalc 1.) "Broad 

 water." 



Ofllcei'. 



Turn the hands upward and inward, allowing the tips of the Augers 

 to touch the toj) of eacli shoulder. {Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo I.) "Epau- 

 lets." 



Ofl!'«iti*ing'. See Ciiild. 



Old. (Compare Old ITIan, Ag'ed and Time, long-.) 



Witli the right hand held in front of riglit side of body, as though 

 grasping the head of a walking-stick, describe the forward arch move- 

 ment as though a person walking was using it for support. {Dakota I.) 

 "Decrepit age dependent on a staff." 



Place the closed right hand in front of and as high as the shoulder, 

 leaving the index partly exteiuled and bent ; then move it slowly for- 

 ward and toward the left in an interrupted manner. ( Wyandot I.) 

 " Slow juovement and bent form of an old man." 



Person. 



Grasj) the cheeks with both hands, using the tiiis of the Angers and 

 thumbs. Wrinkles. {Apache I.) 

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