finger alphabet

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Did he by any chance suppose that I had learnt the finger alphabet?

From The Guilty River by Collins, Wilkie

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

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

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