MITTEN

mitten

(noun) glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mitten (plural mittens)

A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.

A cat's or dog's paw that is a different colour from the main body.

Synonym: sock

(colloquial, dated, as "the mitten") A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.

Verb

mitten (third-person singular simple present mittens, present participle mittening, simple past and past participle mittened)

(transitive) To dress in mittens; to put a mitten on.

Anagrams

• titmen

Source: Wiktionary


Mit"ten, n. Etym: [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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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