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Webster 1913 Edition
Mitten
Mit′ten
,Noun.
[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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Mitten
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.