finger alphabet
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In the Middle Ages monks in their enforced silence often resorted to a finger alphabet.
From The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States by Best, Harry
Gibbie took his place, and began to teach Ginevra the finger alphabet.
From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George
Frau Grote, my German teacher, and Mr. Gilman, the principal, were the only teachers in the school who learned the finger alphabet to give me instruction.
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
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
Did he by any chance suppose that I had learnt the finger alphabet?
From The Guilty River by Collins, Wilkie
