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GLOVE, n. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and arm, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter circumstance distinguishes the glove from the mitten.
To throw the glove, with our ancestors, was to challenge to single combat.
GLOVE, v.t. To cover with a glove.
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.
A boxing glove.
Boxing glove. See under Boxing.
-- Glove fight, a pugilistic contest in which
the fighters wear boxing gloves. -- Glove
money or silver. To cover with, or as with, a glove.
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