[mit-n] 
| 1. | a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately. |
| 2. | mitt (def. 4). |
| mit·ten (mĭt'n) n. A covering for the hand that encases the thumb separately and the four fingers together. [Middle English, from Old French mitaine (from mite, cat's caress, mitten, from mit, cat) and from Medieval Latin mitta, mitten (possibly from Old French mite).] |
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