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noun
1.
Baseball.
a.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
b.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
2.
a mitten.
3.
Slang. a hand.
4.
a glove that leaves the lower ends of the fingers bare, especially a long one made of lace or other fancy material and worn by women.
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Mitt
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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mitt.
(in prescriptions) send.
Origin:
< Latin mitte
< Latin mitte
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| mitt (mɪt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any of various glovelike hand coverings, such as one that does not cover the fingers |
| 2. | short for mitten |
| 3. | baseball See also glove a large round thickly padded leather mitten worn by the catcher |
| 4. | (often plural) a slang word for hand |
| 5. | slang a boxing glove |
| [C18: shortened from | |
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Word Origin & History
mitt
1765, shortened form of mitten (q.v.). Baseball sense is from 1902. Slang sense of "hand" is from 1896.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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