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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
mitt
 
PRONUNCIATION:  mt
NOUN:1. A type of glove that extends over the hand but only partially covers the fingers. 2. A mitten. 3. Baseball A large, padded, protective leather glove, usually with one sheath for the thumb and one undivided sheath for the remaining fingers, used by catchers and first basemen. 4. Slang A hand or fist.
ETYMOLOGY:Short for mitten.
 
 
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