Mile (Stake, measure, and stake). Hold out closed left at arm’s length in front of shoulder, back up, index and thumb joined at top; drop it six inches, point down; then place index and thumb of similar right against it and swing right out level to right for two or three feet and drop it as before.
Fr. le mille; Ger. die Meile.
Milk. With both S hands make motion of milking.
Fr. le lait; Ger. die Milch.
Milky Way (Spirit’s Trail). Die and Way, and sweep the right hand high across the sky to show where.
Fr. la voie lactée; Ger. die Milchstrasze.
Mingle. See Mix.
Mink. Sign Water, Creek, and Animal. (Blackfoot.) Sometimes indicate size.
Fr. le foutereau, le mink; Ger. der Mink, der Nerz.
Minute (Division of time). See Time. Hold left O hand horizontal for Watch; tap around it with right G finger for hours; then for minute add One, Small, and Time. Second would be the same with added signs Few or Very. (Sheeaka.)