View sign 'bluff'

bluff

Description

Bring the closed right hand, back outwards, well out in front of body, forearm nearly vertical; push the hand up slightly for a small bluff, and increase it according to the height of hill; i.e., as high as one could reach in this way would be the highest bluff or mountain. For several bluffs, a hilly country, both hands are used.

See also MOUNTAIN.


References: mountain
Synonyms: hill

Notes

Tomkins says to make the sign for MOUNTAIN, yet he says to use BLUFF when describing how to make MOUNTAIN.