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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

American sign language

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01 n. a sign language, used in the United States mostly by the deaf or for communication with the deaf, in which gestures made with the hands sym…
  1. 1.
    a sign language, used in the United States mostly by the deaf or for communication with the deaf, in which gestures made with the hands symbolize words, alphabetical letters, or ideas, permitting rapid communication in the absence of speech.
Syn. Ameslan.