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Deaf-mute natural sign. — Make a circle on the palm of the left hand 

 with the foreflnger of the right hand, to denote cohi, and close the thumb 

 and finger as if to take the money, and put the hand forward to signify 

 giving it to some one, and move the hand a little apart from the place 

 where it left the money, and then close and withdraw the hand, as if to 

 take the thing purchased. {Ballard.) 



Italian .sign. — To indicate paying, in the language of the fingers, one 

 makes as though he put something, piece after piece, trom one hand into 

 the other — and gesture, however, far less expressive than that when a 

 man lacks money and yet cannot make up a face to beg it ; or simply to 

 indicate want of money, which is to rub together the thumb and fore- 

 finger, at the same time stretching out the hand. {Butler.) 



Exchange. 



The two forefingers are extended perpendicularly, and the hands are 

 then passed by each other transversely in front of the breast so as nearly 

 to exchange positions. {Long.) 



Pass both hands, with extended forefingers, across each other before 

 the breast. ( Wied.) 



Hands brought up to front of breast, forefingers extended and other 

 fingers slightlj' closed; hands suddenly drawn toward and past each 

 other until forearms are crossed in front of breast. {Cheyenne I.) " Ex- 

 change; right hand exchanging position with the left." 



Left hand, with forefinger extended, others closed (iW, except back of 

 hand outward), is brought, arm extended, in front of the left breast, and 

 the extended forefinger of the right hand, obliquely upward, others 

 closed, is placed crosswise over the left and maintained in that position 

 for a moment, when the fingers of the right hand are relaxed (as in Y), 

 brought near the breast with hand horizontal, palm inward, and then 

 carried out again in front of right breast twenty inches, with palm look- 

 ing toward the left, fingers pointing forward, hand horizontal, and then 

 the left hand performs the same movements on the left side of the body. 

 {DaJiota I.) "You give me, I give you." 



The hands, backs forward, are held as index hands, pointing upward, 

 the elbows being fully bent; each hand is then, simultaneously with the 

 other, moved to the opposite shoulder, so that the forearms cross one 

 another almost at right angles. {.Mamlan and Hidatsa I.) 



Trap (beaver.) 



The two forefingers brought suddenly together in a parallel manner, 

 so as to represent the snapping of the steel trap. {Long.) 



