Pass the flat right hand, interruptedly, downward and backward past the right side. (Pima and Papago I.) “Putting aside.”
Deaf-mute natural signs:
Hold forward the closed hand with the little finger up, at the same time nodding the head. (Ballard.)
Draw the tongue out a little and then shake the head with a displeased look. (Larson.)
Use the sign for handsome (see first part of the sign for Good), at the same time shake the head as if to say “no.” (Ziegler.)
Deaf-mute signs:
The hand closed (except the little finger which is extended and raised), and held forward with the fingers to the front is the sign for bad illustrated in the Report for 1879 of the Ohio Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. This sign is used among the deaf-mutes in England.
Bear, animal.
Pass the hand before the face to mean ugliness, at the same time grinning and extending the fingers like claws. (Burton.)
Hands in front of and about eight inches above the elbows, fingers slightly bent and open, thumbs and palms to the front to represent claws,—or bear in standing position. Sometimes accompanied by clawing motion. (Creel.)