SPage 389
- English Word Sign Definition Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
- English Word Sign Definition A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.
- English Word Sign Definition A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice.
- English Word Sign Definition The twelfth part of the ecliptic or zodiac.
- English Word Sign Definition A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as, the sign + (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division Ö, and the like.
- English Word Sign Definition An objective evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the patient.
- English Word Sign Definition Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.
- English Word Sign Definition That which, being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with reference to that which it represents.
- English Word Sign Definition To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify.
- English Word Sign Definition To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign.
- English Word Sign Definition To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting.
- English Word Sign Definition To assign or convey formally; -- used with away.
- English Word Sign Definition To mark; to make distinguishable.
- English Word Sign Definition To be a sign or omen.
- English Word Sign Definition To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.
- English Word Sign Definition To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation.
- English Word Signable Definition Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal document signable by a particular person.
- English Word Signal Definition A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.
- English Word Signal Definition A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
- English Word Signal Definition Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence.