MITTEN Mit"ten, n. Etym: [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.]
MITTENED
Mit"tened, a.
Defn: Covered with a mitten or mittens. "Mittened hands." Whittier.
MITTENT
Mit"tent, a. Etym: [L. mittens, p.pr. of mittere to send.]
Defn: Sending forth; emitting. [Obs.] Wiseman.
MITTIMUS Mit"ti*mus, n. Etym: [L., we send, fr. mittere to send.] (Law) (a) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison. Burrill. (b) A writ for removing records from one court to another. Brande & C.
MITTLER'S GREEN
Mitt"ler's green`. (Chem.)
Defn: A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium.