finger alphabet

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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

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

This position of the fingers is that for the letter N in the finger alphabet, the initial for the word non.

From Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 by Mallery, Garrick

Gibbie took his place, and began to teach Ginevra the finger alphabet.

From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George

Even if you knew the finger alphabet," he said, "it would be of no use.

From The Guilty River by Collins, Wilkie