Chirology

[kai'rɔlәdʒi]

Definition

(n.) The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

Typist: Owen

Definition

n. the art of discoursing with the hands or by signs as the deaf and dumb do.—n. Chirol′ogist one who converses by signs with the hands.

Edited by Cheryl