Dactylology

noun

1. The use of the fingers and hands to communicate and convey ideas, as in the manual alphabet used by hearing-impaired and speech-impaired people.
2. The art of communicating ideas or conversing by the fingers; the language of the deaf and dumb. See <internalXref urlencoded="deafmute">deafmute</internalXref>.
3. The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.
4. The <xref>use</xref> of the <xref>fingers</xref> and <xref>hands</xref> to <xref>communicate</xref> <xref>ideas</xref>, especially by the <xref>deaf</xref>.