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mitt

  [mit]
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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, esp. a long one made of lace or other fancy material and worn by women.
Origin:
1755–65; short for mitten
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mitt.

 
(in prescriptions) send.
Origin:
< L mitte
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n.  

  1. A type of glove that extends over the hand but only partially covers the fingers.

  2. A mitten.

  3. Baseball A large, padded, protective leather glove, usually with one sheath for the thumb and one undivided sheath for the remaining fingers, used by catchers and first basemen.

  4. Slang A hand or fist.


[Short for mitten.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
mitt

  1. n.
    a hand. : The kid's got mitts on him like a gorilla.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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