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chair
SIT: Horizontal “I” hands, pam towards palm, and little fingers pointing outward to make bottom of chair; or, both hands prone, right middle and index resting across left middle and index, right tips of middle and index hanging down; or, right prone hand crossed on left prone and pushing it downward. (Chair – “Sit” and sometimes the legs are indicated as in “Table”).
watch
WATCH: Take watch from pocket and hold it to the ear.
time, hour
TIME: Crook the forefinger of right “G” hand and with the tip end tap the back of the left “S” hand. Or, (2) Upon the palm of the left open hand held edgewise pointing outward, describe a circle with the right “T” hand.
fire
BURN, FIRE, indicating FLAMES: Holding out the bent hands, backs down, raise them alternately, working the fingers to represent the motion of the rising and falling flames.
cross
CRUCIFIX:”Jesus” and a cross made before you by crossing the index fingers.
mirror
MIRROR: Left vertical palm held at side of face and is gazed into as if into a mirror.
table
TABLE: Both inverted indices pointing first two legs of table and then other two, and both prone palms moved from center to sides to show top of table.
book
BOOK: Hands palm to palm and then opened as if they were a book.
letter
LETTER: Close right hand and extend thumb; wet the palm end of thumb on tongue and then throw it against the open left hand as if sticking on the stamp. (With end of thumb representing a stamp, wet on tongue and stick it on open left hand as on a letter).