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Noun: fingerspelling
  1. An alphabet of manual signs
    - finger spelling
Verb: fingerspell
  1. Communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language
    "The Deaf often fingerspell";
    - finger-spell

Derived forms: fingerspellings

Type of: communicate, intercommunicate, sign language, signing

Encyclopedia: Fingerspelling

Fingerspell