About The Word Glove
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Glove
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What's The Definition Of Glove?
[n] gloves worn by fielders in baseball
[n] gloves that are big and padded; worn for boxing [n] handwear: covers the hand and wrist Synonyms | Synonyms for Glove: baseball glove | baseball mitt | boxing glove | gloves | mitt Related Terms | Find terms related to Glove: battle cry | bid to combat | brass knuckles | cesta | cestus | challenge | dare | defi | defy | double dare | gage | gage of battle | gauntlet | handwear | kid gloves | kids | mittens | mitts | mousquetaire gloves | mousquetaires | muff | rebel yell | war cry | war whoop See Also | baseball equipment | batting glove | boxing equipment | finger | gauntlet | gauntlets | golf glove | handwear | kid glove | metal glove | mitten | mittens | suede glove | thumb Glove In Webster's Dictionary \Glove\ (gl[u^]v), n. [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl[=o]f; akin
to Icel. gl[=o]fi, cf. Goth. l[=o]fa palm of the hand, Icel.
l[=o]fi.]
1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a
separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic
distinguishes the glove from the mitten.
2. A boxing glove.
{Boxing glove}. See under {Boxing}.
{Glove fight}, a pugilistic contest in which the fighters
wear boxing gloves.
{Glove} {money or silver}.
(a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy
gloves with.
(b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts;
also, a fee given by the sheriff of a county to the
clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are
no offenders to be executed.
{Glove sponge} (Zo["o]l.), a fine and soft variety of
commercial sponges ({Spongia officinalis}).
{To be hand and glove with}, to be intimately associated or
on good terms with. ``Hand and glove with traitors.'' --J.
H. Newman.
{To handle without gloves},
\Glove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gloved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gloving}.] To cover with, or as with, a glove. |
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