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Deaf-mute natural sign. — A treinbliiis motion of the head. (BaUard.) 



OppoMife. 



A clinched hand held up on the side of the head, at the distance of 

 a foot or more from it. (Lonf/.) 



Bring the ends of the outstretched foretingers in close proximity, 

 removing them again perpendicidarly, and repeating the process several 

 times. (OJibwa II.) " Face to face with." 



Left hand stationary in front of face on level of the eyes, forefinger 

 alone extended, horizontal, pointing toward the right, &c. (as in HI, 

 except back outward) ; then tlie right hand is carried to the right eye, 

 all fingers except the index closed, which points outward, straight to- 

 ward the end of the stationary extended forefinger of the left hand. 

 {Dakota I.) " Forefingers opposite one another." 



Otter. 



Draw the nose slightly ui)war(l with the two first fingers of the right 

 hand. ( Wied.) 



l\ub llie end of the nose round and round with the ends of the fin- 

 gers of the right haiul. {Thil-ota IV.) "White nose." 



Out, Outward, Without (in position.) 



The semicircle as made in the sign for In, Within, with the upright 

 right index placed without the circle between it and the body. (7>«- 

 Imta I.) "The variant of In, l>Vitliin/' 



Over (on the other side). 



Collect the fingers of both hands to a point, place the left horizontally 

 before the breast, pointing to the right, and the right behind the left, 

 l)ointing to the right, palms down, then pass the right forward, over and 

 down a short distance beyond the left. (Kaionml; Comanche III; 

 Apache 11; Wichita II.) " This sign is abbreviated by merely using the 

 extended forefingers instead of the whole hand." 



Pack, carrying' a. 



The hands are placed each side of the head, as if they held the strap 

 of the hoppas, wliich passes round the forehead, in order to relieve that 

 part, by supt)orting a portion of the weight of the burden ; with this 

 motion, two or three slight inclinations of the head and corresponding 

 movements of the hands are also made. ( Long.) 



Packing'. See also Horitie (packing a). 



Paint. 



Daub both the cheeks downward with the index-finger. {Burton.) 



