finger alphabet
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While the two children were holding converse through the medium of the finger alphabet, Lucy's face was suddenly lit up by a smile so beautiful as to call forth from us an involuntary exclamation.
From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward
I then said to her with the finger alphabet, "wind fast," or "wind slow," holding her hands and showing her how to do as I wished.
From The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Macy, John Albert
Gibbie took his place, and began to teach Ginevra the finger alphabet.
From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George
Did he by any chance suppose that I had learnt the finger alphabet?
From The Guilty River by Collins, Wilkie
This position of the fingers is that for the letter N in the finger alphabet, the initial for the word non.
