SIGN
NOUNS
► BEACON a sign, a portent → c950 obs.
► CARACT a mark, sign, or character → 1377 obs.
► EFFECT an outward manifestation, sign, token, symptom; an appearance, phenomenon → c1450 obs.
► FAKEMAN CHARLEY ► FAKEMENT CHARLEY ► FAKEMENT CHORLEY a private sign or mark → E19 sl.
► HOSTELAPHILY the collecting of outdoor signs from inns → Bk1991
► KENNING a sign, token → a1300 obs.
► OK SIGN a hand sign made of a circle with thumb and forefinger, and other fingers upright, to indicate approval, good quality or excellence → 1940s US sl.
► SIGNACLE a sign, seal, mark, figure → 1382 obs.
– a sign or gesture → c1450 obs.
► SIGNALITY the quality of a sign or indication → 1646 obs.
► SIGNIFURE signification, sign → c1450 obs.
► SIMILITUDE a sign or symbol; the symbolic representation of something → c1374 obs.
► TOKEN the sign of an inn, etc. → c1440 obs.
VERBS
► ASSIGN to sign → 1837 Amer. dial.
► DRAW ONE’S PICTURE to sign one’s name → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HAND to sign → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MOMMYPOME to make signs with the hands → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► PAINT ONE’S PICTURE to sign one’s name → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PUT ONE’S FIST TO to sign → M19 sl.
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