MITTEN.
\mˈɪtən], \mˈɪtən], \m_ˈɪ_t_ə_n]\
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mit'n, n. a kind of glove for winter use, without a separate cover for each finger: a glove for the hand and wrist, but not the fingers.--v.t. to put mittens on.--GET THE MITTEN, to be rejected as a lover. [O. Fr. mitaine, perh. from Middle High Ger. mittemo, 'half glove;' but perh. Celtic, cf. Gael. and Ir. mutan, a muff.]
By Thomas Davidson