Move both hands from each other, and, at the same time, shake the
head. (_Hasenstab._)
_Deaf-mute signs_:
French deaf-mutes wave the hand to the right and downward, with
the first and second fingers joined and extended, the other fingers
closed. This position of the fingers is that for the letter N in the
finger alphabet, the initial for the word _non_. American deaf-mutes
for emphatic negative wave the right hand before the face.
_Turkish sign_:
Throwing head back or elevating the chin and partly shutting the eyes.
This also means, "Be silent." (_Barnum._)
_Japanese sign_:
Move the right hand rapidly back and forth before the face.
Communicated in a letter from Prof. E.S. MORSE, late of the University
of Tokio, Japan. The same correspondent mentions that the Admiralty
Islanders pass the forefinger across the face, striking the nose in
passing, for negation. If the _no_ is a doubtful one they _rub_ the
nose in passing, a gesture common elsewhere.
For further illustrations and comparisons see pp. 290, 298, 299, 304,
355, and 356, _supra_.