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Mitten definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIT'TEN, n.
1. A cover for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or other injury. It differs from a glove, in not having a separate cover for each finger.
2. A cover for the arm only.
To handle without mittens, to treat roughly; a popular colloquial phrase.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English mitain, from Anglo-French, probably from Old French mite, name for a cat Date: 14th century 1. a covering for the hand and wrist having a separate section for the thumb only 2. mitt 1a • mittened adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a glove with two sections, one for the thumb and the other for all four fingers. 2 sl. (in pl.) boxing gloves. Derivatives: mittened adj. Etymology: ME f. OF mitaine ult. f. L medietas half: see MOIETY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mitten Mit"ten, n. [OE. mitaine, meteyn, F. mitaine, perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. miotog, Gael. miotag, Ir. & Gael. mutan a muff, a thick glove. Cf. Mitt.] 1. A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger. --Chaucer. 2. A cover for the wrist and forearm. To give the mitten to, to dismiss as a lover; to reject the suit of. [Colloq.] To handle without mittens, to treat roughly; to handle without gloves. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(mittens) Mittens are gloves which have one section that covers your thumb and another section that covers your four fingers together. N-COUNT: usu pl

Foolish Dictionary

Something a tender-hearted girl gives a young man when she knows she is going to make it chilly for him.