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.]
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