| Summary: | sign n . . . An old gentleman [85] told me recently a cure he said was sure for boils. You would just take a sign of soft soap and black molasses in the palm of your hand and mix it up. This mixture you would put on the boil by means of a cloth, to keep it in place.* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At dinner a person is asked will he take a little more meat or pudding, he will say: "just a sign," meaning half a plate full. DNE-cit JH 10/71 Used I and Sup Used I 3 Used I signs on it, rabbit-sign, nice sign, signs on, so signs The source is listed as C 70-10 in DNE with different citation as that on card.
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