BEAUTIFUL, PRETTY: Place the right “5” hand before the face, while the hand describes a small circle, close the fingers and thumb until the hand has assumed the “&” position, when finishing the circle. The fingers move in a larger circle than the wrist, which is kept nearly stationary.
Author: Katherine Brown
light
LIGHT: Both supine hands as if lifting something light.
curious
CURIOUS: Move the “C” hand with opening toward the left, in front of the face, describing a circle from right to left.
distracted
DISTRACTION: Right index tip palm inward applied to forehead, and then moved frontward and wiggled as hand moves off to the right. (Inattention) (Dreaming) (Imagination).
soft, gentle
SOFT: Both “&” hands, fingers pointing upward to the center opened and closed.
woman
FEMALE: Lift the “A” hand to the side of the jaw just behind the ear, so that the thumb touches the jaw; draw the hand down so that the end of the thumb passes along the under edge of the jaw bone until it reaches the chin.
man
MAN: The right hand as if grasping peak of hat, or thumb tip of right “A” hand at side of forehead, and prone hand to indicate height. (Men: “Man” and prone hand passed along as if over the heads of the men.) (Boys: Men but prone hand lower).
hare, rabbit
RABBIT: Cross the “H” hands so the right rests upon the left; the right points toward the left and the left toward the right; work the fingers forward and back, each in the same direction.
to apply
APPLY: Index tip at the forehead to show “think” and then down to left palm.
sincere, honest
HONEST: Left palm supine, fingers pointing outward, right “H” hand, pointing outward, pushes its middle tip straight along the left palm from heel to tip of left index. (Just) (Fair).