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mitt
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mitt has 2 senses
- mitt(n = noun.body) hand, manus, paw - the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" is a part of homo, human, human being, man, arm
- mitt(n = noun.artifact) baseball glove, baseball mitt, glove - the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball; Array is a kind of baseball equipment
has parts: arteria digitalis, digital arteries, arteria metacarpea, metacarpal artery, intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis, metacarpal vein, vena metacarpus, palm, thenar, finger, ball, metacarpus
has particulars: clenched fist, fist, hooks, maulers, meat hooks, right, right hand, left, left hand
is a kind of extremity
CIDE DICTIONARY
mitt, n. [Abbrev. fr. mitten.].
- A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers, usually worn by women. [1913 Webster]
- A large glove, usually made of leather or similar material, with differing degrees of padding and usually some form of webbing in the large space between the thumb insert and the insert for the index finger; a baseball glove. It is used to assist in catching the baseball. The
catcher's mitt has more padding and less webbing. [PJC] - A hand; -- used mostly in slang expressions; as, keep your mitts off my box of chocolates! [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mitt, n.
1 = MITTEN 1.
2 a glove leaving the fingers and thumb-tip exposed.
3 sl. a hand or fist.
4 a baseball glove for catching the ball.
1 = MITTEN 1.
2 a glove leaving the fingers and thumb-tip exposed.
3 sl. a hand or fist.
4 a baseball glove for catching the ball.
Etymology
abbr. of MITTEN
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