EXAMPLES. 



Word or idea expressed by sign : To cut, with an ax. 



description: 



With the right hand flattened (X changed to right instead of left), palm 

 :*>+ upward, move it downward to the left side repeatedly from different eleva- 

 tions, ending each stroke at the same point. 



Conception or origin : From the act of felling a tree. 



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Word or idea expressed by sign : A lie. 

 description: 



Touch the left breast over 1 he heart, and pass the 

 hand forward from the month, the two first fingers only 

 being extended and slightly separated (L, 1 — with thumb 

 resting on third finger). 



Conception or origin: Double-tongued. L, 1. 



Word or idea expressed by sign: To ride. 



DESCRIPTION : 



Place the first two fingers of the right hand, thumb extended 

 (N, 1) downward, astraddle the first two joined and straight fingers of 

 the left (T, 1), sidewise, to the right, then make several short arched 

 movements forward with hands so joined. 



Conception or origin: The horse mounted and in 

 motion. 



Dotted lines indicate movements to place the hand and arm in position to commence 

 the sign and not forming part of it. 



Indicates commencement of movement in representing sign, or part of sign. 



Dashes indicate the course of hand employed in the sign. 



Represents the termination of movements. 



Used in connection with dashes, shows the course of the latter wheu not otherwise 

 clearly intelligible. 



