Definition of Miten
Mit"ten (?), n. [OE. mitaine,
meteyn, F. mitaine, perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir.
miotog, Gael. miotag, Ir. & Gael. mutan a muff,
a thick glove. Cf. Mitt.] 1. A covering
for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from
a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger.
Chaucer.
2. A cover for the wrist and
forearm.
To give the mitten to, to dismiss as a
lover; to reject the suit of. [Colloq.] -- To handle
without mittens, to treat roughly; to handle without
gloves. [Colloq.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers
German
- In the middle.
Mitten auf der Straße lag ein toter Hund.
"There lay a dead dog in the middle of the street."
Swedish
- Definite singular of mitt; the middle.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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