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Vain. Sign Beautiful; then draw head and body back with an arrogant look. (Blackfoot.) Sign Paint, Dress, Good, Love. (C) See Pride.
Fr. vain; Ger. eitel.
Valise. Hold out both arms, level, low, parallel; hands flat, but bent at right angles to arms; palms to you, tips touching. Add Clothes and Enter twice or three times.
Fr. la valise; Ger. der Handkoffer.
Very Much, Heap Much, Strong, Brave, Superlative. Hold left S hand, back out, in front of body; forearm horizontal and pointing to right and front; bring the ditto right hand some six inches above and a little in front of left hand; strike downward with right hand, mostly by elbow action, the second joints of right hand passing close to and about on a line with knuckles of left hand. This is very like Strong and seems in some renditions to be the same.
It is also used for Very, Very Much, and for a certain strong English adjective that is omitted from the Sunday School readers. Compare Strong.
Fr. beaucoup, très; Ger. sehr, viel.
Vessel. See Bowl.
Victor. See Kill and Triumph.
Vigilant or Watchful. Sign Look, in different directions, and All the time.
Fr. vigilant; Ger. wachsam.
Village (Many Lodges). Sign Lodges or Teepees and Many.
Fr. le village; Ger. das Dorf.
Vine. Sign Tree with left; then with right G trace the vine’s course about it.
Fr. la vigne; Ger. die Ranke.
Volley. See Fire.
Vomit. Hold compressed right hand back up below chin, pointed to left and upward, move it upward forward and down, point first, once or twice.
Fr. vomir; Ger. (sich) brechen, sich übergeben.