deaf and dumb alphabet

  • 11DEAF-MUTE — (Heb. חֵרֵשׁ, heresh), always classed in the Talmud together with the minor and the imbecile as being irresponsible and of no independent will, from which stem all the restrictions and exemptions applying to him, both in law and the performance… …

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  • 12History of the deaf — The recorded history of sign language in Western society extends from the 16th century, as a visual language or method of communication. Sign language is a system of conventional gestures, mimic, hand signs and finger spelling, the use of hand… …

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  • 13Cockney alphabet — The Cockney alphabet, also known as the Surrealist alphabet[1], is a humorous recital of the alphabet, parodying the way the alphabet is taught to small children. The humour comes from forming unexpected words and phrases from the names of the… …

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  • 14deafness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of ability to hear Nouns 1. deafness, hardness of hearing, hearing impairment, hearing loss, loss of hearing, surdity; deaf mutism. 2. (communication with deaf) lip reading, deaf and dumb alphabet,… …

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  • 15sign language — Synonyms and related words: bearing, beck, beckon, body language, carriage, charade, chironomy, dactylology, deaf and dumb alphabet, dumb show, finger alphabet, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, hand signal, kinesics, manual alphabet,… …

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  • 16Charles Kickham — Born 9 May 1828(1828 05 09) Mullinahone, County Tipperary, Ireland Died 22 August 1882( …

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  • 17bearing — Synonyms and related words: Zeitgeist, action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, affective meaning, aftermath, aim, air, air express, airfreight, airlift, applicability, application, appositeness, aspect, asportation, attitude, axis …

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  • 18beck — Synonyms and related words: adolescent stream, arroyo, bearing, beck and call, beckon, bidding, body language, bourn, braided stream, branch, brook, brooklet, burn, call, calling, calling forth, carriage, channel, charade, chironomy, convocation …

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  • 19shrug — Synonyms and related words: accept, bearing, beck, beckon, body language, carriage, charade, chironomy, condone, countenance, dactylology, deaf and dumb alphabet, dumb show, gesticulate, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, grin and abide,… …

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  • 20body language — Synonyms and related words: bearing, beck, beckon, carriage, charade, chironomy, dactylology, deaf and dumb alphabet, dumb show, gesticulation, gesture, gesture language, hand signal, kinesics, motion, movement, pantomime, poise, pose, posture,… …

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