finger alphabet
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Even if you knew the finger alphabet," he said, "it would be of no use.
From The Guilty River by Collins, Wilkie
The Abbe Deschamps, a rival of De l'Epee, made use of a finger alphabet in teaching the deaf to speak, which was not adapted to rapid use.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 by Various
Did he by any chance suppose that I had learnt the finger alphabet?
From The Guilty River by Collins, Wilkie
Gibbie took his place, and began to teach Ginevra the finger alphabet.
From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George
This position of the fingers is that for the letter N in the finger alphabet, the initial for the word non.
