gloven.
/ɡlʌv/, U.S. /ɡləv/ 1. † c. A symbol of investiture; in to grant and assign by a glove. Scottish. Obsolete.† e. ? set up on a post to indicate the goal of a race. Obsolete. (Cf. glaive n. 1b.)
a. A covering for the whole of the hand, usually one with a separate sheath for each finger. hawks' glove = hawking-glove at hawking n.1 Compounds. glove of mail, a gauntlet.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove
glovea1000
cuff1362
famble-cheat1567
fambler1610
turtle-dove1857
turtle1893
OE Beowulf 2085 Glof hangode..sio wæs orðoncum eall gegyrwed deofles cræftum ond dracan fellum.
a1000 Prose Life Guthlac (1848) xi. 54 Wilfrið..cwæð þæt he forlete his twa glofan on þam scipe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14262 Mon mihte i þare laste twa glouen[c1300 Otho gloues] iþraste.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ix. l. 295 The Rede Reiffar..Held out a gluff in takyn off the trew.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 225/2 Glove of mayle, mitaigne de fer.
1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard ii. xvii. sig. Cij New Gloues to put vpon thy milk-white hand Ile giue thee.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. v. 262 Never saw I glove that would serve both hands.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 109. ⁋5 He would sign a Deed that passed away half his Estate with his Gloves on.
1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. i. 34 Another Sunday, for want of a pair of Gloves you staid at Home.
1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. ii. §9 At Hampton Court, in the jewel house, were seven hawkes' gloves embroidered.
1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain i. xii. 32 From beneath his glove of mail, Scann'd at his ease the lovely vale.
1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers II. 162 (note) This form of the episcopal glove, with its tassel, or tuft of silk, is well seen on Archbishop Chicheley's effigy, in Canterbury Cathedral.
b. a pair of gloves given as a present or claimed as a forfeit (see quots. 1714, 1828); †mentioned as a pretext for making a present in money (cf. glove-money n. at Compounds 2). white gloves (see quot. 1851).
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?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 14 Sa mony of the assistandis to thys act as be graduat in divinite..sal haif for their presens and decoryng of the act, ane pair of gluvis.
1631 J. Shirley Loves Crueltie v. ii Mi. [a servant] Pray excuse me sir! Hi. Twill purchase but a pair of Gloves.
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week vi. 38 Cic'ly, brisk maid, steps forth before the rout, And kiss'd with smacking lip the snoring lout. For custom says, Who-e'er this venture proves, For such a kiss demands a pair of gloves.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 346 You'll accept of that for a Pair of Gloves, on this happy Occasion; and I gave him ten Guineas.
a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. iii. 148 He squeezed a Louis d'Or into my Hand for a Pair of Gloves.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 135 Thou knowest the maiden who ventures to kiss a sleeping man, wins of him a pair of gloves.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 576 White gloves are..presented to the Judges on occasion of a maiden-assize.
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1493 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 51 Alexander Iruyne..gaff, grantit and assignit be ane gluff to David Irwyne, his sone, all and hale his gudis beand within the landis of Coule.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The custom..of blessing Gloves in the Coronation of the Kings of France, is a Remain of the Eastern Practice of giving Possession with the Glove.]
d. as token of a pledge or of a challenge to battle. Also to †cast, take up, throw (down) the glove. literal and figurative.
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society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > token or pledge of challenge
gage13..
wedc1330
glovea1400
pledge1590
pawn1597
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > pledge or assurance > hand or glove as symbol of
handOE
glovea1400
society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > challenge or challenging > challenge [verb (intransitive)]
to cast (out) the gauntlet1548
to throw (down) the gauntlet1548
to cast one's mitten1589
to bid the basea1616
to cast, take up, throw (down) the glove1896
a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 4137 Here glouen þai gonne vp holde In þat forward.
a1440 Sir Degrev. 183 Be he squiere othere knyght Here my glove one to ffyght.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 95 And therto I caste to the my gloue, and take thou it vp, I shal haue right of the or deye therfore.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 691 Syne kest his gluif to preif that all wes trew.
1579 S. Gosson Apol. Schoole of Abuse in Ephemerides Phialo f. 81v But if they take vp my gloue, and enter the Lyste..I will..teach them to know the weyght of my clubbe.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. i. 210 Here is my gloue, which if euer I see in thy hat, Ile challenge thee.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. v. 62 I will throw my gloue to death himselfe. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. v. 49.
1896 J. A. Froude Lect. Council Trent ii. 44 Luther..was throwing down the glove to the whole system of ecclesiastical domination.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > starting or finishing mark > finishing mark
marklOE
glovec1380
goal1531
winning-post1759
ending-post1760
goalpost1834
tape1867
the line1892
finishing-post1895
finish line1899
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 258 ‘Certis þei rennen all, but oon of hem takiþ þe gleyve..’ Men usen ofte þis gamen, þat two men..rennen a space for a priis, and he þat comeþ first to his ende shal have þe gamen þat is sett, wheþer it be spere or gloves [v.r. gleyves] or oþir þing þat is putt.
1555 H. Latimer Let. 15 May in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. 101 He that runnythe at the Merk, doth not loke on other that stands by,..but lokyth altogether on the Glove or Merk.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 156 The custome of the great Turke is, euery Friday..to run at the Gloue in a open place before all the people, with some Hagars, or yong striplings that accompany him, who haue the Gloue hanging as high on a sticke, as we haue the ring with vs.
f. Phrases: to fit like a glove: to fit or suit perfectly. to handle without gloves: to treat severely or without mercy; so to handle with gloves off, etc. †not to set at a glove: to contemn utterly. to go for the gloves (Horse Racing): to bet recklessly. to take the gloves off: to ‘set to’ in earnest; to use no mercy (cf. sense 2). Also hand and glove adj. and adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > utterly
to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, (etc.) at, by, ofc1374
not to set at a glovec1430
not to care (three skips of) a lousea1592
to have no use for1596
to have no (a lot of, etc.) time for1901
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)] > suit exactly
to fit like a glove1771
society > authority > strictness > make more strict or severe [verb (transitive)] > be severe upon
to be sharp upon1561
to come down1611
to be severe on (or upon)1672
spitchcock1674
to handle without gloves1827
to handle with gloves off1828
to catch or get Jesse1839
to jump upon1868
to give (one) snuff1890
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > be harsh or severe upon [verb (transitive)]
to be sharp upon1561
to come down1611
to be severe on (or upon)1672
spitchcock1674
to sit hard on1715
to handle without gloves1827
to handle with gloves off1828
to catch or get Jesse1839
to jump upon1868
to give (one) snuff1890
to give (a person) the works1901
hardball1984
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] > type of betting
run or throw a levant1714
levant1797
to pound it1819
field1860
to go for the gloves1861
to buy money1906
plunge1939
to bet like the Watsons1949
(to bet (etc.)) on the nose1951
the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > be resolute or determined [verb (intransitive)] > be in earnest
to take the gloves off1922
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. ix. 180 I hatte jolyfnesse þe lyghte..þat sette nouht alle daungeres at a glooue.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 28 The boots..fitted me like a glove.
1827 A. Sherwood Gazetteer Georgia 94 Marion County has been handled without gloves.
1828 Richmond (Va.) Enquirer 20 May 3/4 The Baltimore Republican handles Mr. C[lay]with gloves off.
1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 217 I'll give you a touch of natur' without no gloves on.
1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 74 It won't be my fault to-morrow if I don't ‘go for the gloves’, as we used to say in the Old Country.
1876 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 389 Boccaccio must be read in his Italian, as Cervantes in his Spanish: the Language fitting either ‘like a Glove’ as we say.
1886 Earl of Suffolk & Berkshire & W. G. Craven in Earl of Suffolk et al. Racing & Steeple-chasing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 77 The whole legion of stable-followers is ‘going for the gloves’.
1886 Earl of Suffolk & Berkshire & W. G. Craven in Earl of Suffolk et al. Racing & Steeple-chasing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 255 Hardly worth mentioning are the backers who come in for a hit-or-miss dash at the ring—‘to go for the gloves’, as it is called in Turf parlance.
1892 Nation (N.Y.) 5 May 345/2 The prophets and practitioners of the naturalistic school..are here handled without gloves.
1922 S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. XI. 15 Dead metaphors lately noticed:.. The flower of our manhood. Taking off the gloves.
1928 Daily Express 21 Mar. 1/1 It is time, Mr. Mayor, that we took the gloves off and showed the County of London Electric Supply Company that we will fight.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Sept. 669/4 Like Lewis Carroll, who was too polite to ‘take the gloves off’ in his assault on ‘Hiawatha’.
1934 J. E. Neale Queen Elizabeth xii. 199 At still greater length, in caustic tones, and with many shrewd hits, Mary answered. The gloves were off.
2. = boxing glove n. at boxing n.2 Compounds 2. glove of death = cestus n.2
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > cestus or knuckle-duster
whirlbat1565
hurlbat1603
ceste1616
gauntlet1697
glove of death1725
whirly-bat1725
cestus1735
knuckle-duster1858
knuck1897
knuckle-
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > ancient cestus
whirlbat1565
hurlbat1603
ceste1616
gauntlet1697
glove of death1725
whirly-bat1725
cestus1735
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxing-glove
muffle1747
muffler1747
boxing glove1780
glove1847
mitt1877
pillow1882
pug-glove1938
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 140 Laodame whirls high, with dreadful sway, The gloves of death.
1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xl. 345 I..put on the gloves with the Brummagem Clinker, and knocked him about.
1890 W. Besant Demoniac vi. 65 They are capital fellows: they..put on the gloves with good temper.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun]
chalicec825
napeOE
copc950
fullOE
cupc1000
canOE
shalec1075
scalec1230
maselin?a1300
mazer1311
richardine1352
dish1381
fiole1382
pece1383
phialc1384
gobletc1400
bowl-cup1420
chalice-cup1420
crusec1420
mazer-cup1434
goddard1439
stoup1452
bicker1459
cowl1476
tankard1485
stop1489
hanapa1513
skull1513
Maudlin cup1544
Magdalene cup?a1549
mazer bowl1562
skew1567
shell1577
godet1580
mazard1584
bousing-can1590
cushion1594
glove1609
rumkin1636
Maudlin pot1638
Pimlico1654
mazer dish1656
mug1664
tumbler1664
souce1688
streaker1694
ox-eye1703
false-cup1708
tankard-cup1745
poculum1846
phiale1867
tumbler-cup1900
stem-cup1915
sippy cup1986
1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B2v The Englishmans healthes, his hoopes, cans, halfe cans, Gloues, Frolicks and flap dragons.
4. In Hat-making, a smooth piece of wood, fastened to the hand by a string, employed in rubbing the sheets of felt at the ‘battery’.
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1875 in E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. Simple attributive.
glove-case n.
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1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School xi. 242 Glove-cases, of quilted silk, delicately scented.
1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 814/1 Glove case. Pigskin.
glove-factory n.
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1895 Westm. Gaz. 20 Dec. 8/1 At Worcester alone nearly five miles are covered by glove factories.
glove-kid adj.
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1895 Daily News 21 Mar. 5/1 Messrs. P——..export very largely, sending thousands of pairs of glove-kid boots to Australia.
glove-leather n.
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1722 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. 1720–21 (Royal Soc.) 31 178 These Wires we coated with thin Glove-leather.
?1790 J. Imison Curious & Misc. Articles (new ed.) 29 in School of Arts (ed. 2) A piece of paper or glove-leather, rolled hard and cut almost to a point, like a pencil, is useful..to blend the shades.
glove-shop n.
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1813 J. Austen Let. 20 May (1995) 209 I went into it rather because it was near than because it looked at all like a glove shop.
1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 157 Jewellers, French glove shops, perfumery, and point lace shops.
glove-trade n.
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1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Dec. 3/1 Miss Ada Heather-Bigg..goes thoroughly and with much research into the English glove-trade past and present.
b. Objective.
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glove-cleaner n.
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Glove-cleaner.
glove-maker n.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > [noun] > making items from leather
leathering1517
glove-maker1609
leather-work1856
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 146 It is statute, that na Skinner nor Gluifmaker..sall make wooll of skinnes, from the feast of Whitsonday, vntill Michaelmes.
1830 T. P. Thompson Free Trade in Exercises (1842) I. 192 But if the glove-maker procures a law that gloves shall not be bought from France, it is plain that Sheffield goods must stop.
glove-manufacturer n.
glove-sewer n.
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1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 May 4/2 The glove-sewers of the district assemble at a fixed place..and receive their work.
glove-washer n.
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1723 London Gaz. No. 6195/10 Elizabeth Brown..Glove-washer.
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glove-making n.
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1745 W. Hallett in Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 155 He would..work at his Trade of Glove-making.
glove-sewing n.
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1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 599 Glove-sewing.
c. Instrumental
(a) (In sense 1.)
glove-guarded adj.
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1796 S. T. Coleridge To Friend writing no more Poetry 35 These [henbane and nightshade] with stopped nostril and glove-guarded hand Knit in nice intertexture.
(b) (In sense 2.)
glove-fight n.
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1890 Guardian 24 Sept. 1478/1 A glove-fight between F. Slavin and J. M'Auliffe.
glove-fighter n.
glove-fighting n.
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1889 Standard 28 Oct. We must insist on a stop being put to the revival of the evils of the Prize Ring under the flimsy pretext of glove-fighting.
d. Similative.
glove-shaped adj.
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1885 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Glove-shaped, having the appearance of the finger of a glove, as the corolla of the fox-glove, Digitalis purpurea.
glove-like adj.
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1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. viii. sig. E.ivv I haue brought sleues of kid next to thy skin to weare. They be made glouelike, and for eche finger a stall.
C2. Special combinations. † glove-dog n. Obsolete (sense obscure).
glove-band n. ‘a strap or ribbon formerly used to confine the glove round the wrist or arm’ ( Cent. Dict.).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > parts of > strap or ribbon
glove-band1858
glove-clasp1858
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Glove-band, a protection for the glove round the wrist.
glove box n. (a) a box for holding gloves; (b) = glove compartment n.; (c) a closed chamber into which a pair of gloves project from openings in the side, enabling radioactive or other material to be handled while isolated from the operator.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > devices for handling objects at a distance
ringer1633
lazybones1785
lazy scissors1836
lazy-tongs1836
glove box1852
manipulator1860
micromanipulator1921
waldo1942
long arm1949
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > box for
glove box1852
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard > recess for small articles
glove box1852
glove compartment1939
1852 Harper's Mag. July 185/2 We..beheld our glove-box enriched with half-a-dozen pair of snowy French sevens!
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Glove-box, a long paper-box for holding gloves.
1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 351/1 Silk Plush Glove Box, lined with fine puffed satin, silvered catch and hinges.
1946 ‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Fiends xxv. 239 I sat for a minute in the front seat,..I looked in the glove box.
1950 S. Glasstone Sourcebk. Atomic Energy xviii. 521/2 Glove boxes are also often used for experimental work with emitters of soft, i.e., low energy and short range, beta particles.
1959 New Scientist 23 Apr. 919/1 The glove box..is in essence a sealed plastic-windowed container kept at a pressure slightly below atmospheric. Manipulations are carried out through plastic gloves.
1971 Daily Tel. 4 June (Colour Suppl.) 39/1 This little hole..which they actually call a glove-box.
glove-buttoner n. a small button-hook used for buttoning gloves.
glove-calf n. (see quot.).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather from sheep or goat skin
cheverela1400
sheep's leather1474
maroquin1533
saffian1591
lamb's leather1607
kid-skin1645
basil1674
kid1682
kid-leather1693
morocco leather1695
basan1714
Morocco hide1716
lambskin1725
Morocco1735
skiver1800
chevrette1884
glove-calf1885
Vici1888
Dongola1889
nappa leather1895
castor1897
mocha1909
capeskin1934
glove-sheep-
1885 C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather xxxii. 525 Glove-calf and glove-sheep are also sub-names for Morocco leather, and are used principally for toppings.
glove-clasp n. (a) = glove-band n., (b) = glove-buttoner n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > parts of > strap or ribbon
glove-band1858
glove-clasp1858
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Glove-clasp, a kind of hook-and-eye, or stud, for fastening gloves at the wrist; a contrivance for buttoning gloves.
glove compartment n. a recess in the dashboard of a motor car for small articles such as gloves, etc.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard > recess for small articles
glove box1852
glove compartment1939
1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep xvii. 138 I went to the car and got a pair of handcuffs out of the glove compartment.
1959 I. Fleming Goldfinger xii. 173 He took a small pair of binoculars out of the glove compartment.
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1659 Lond. Chanticleers vi. 15 I'l kick you into glove-dogs, you mungrells, hell-hounds, whelps.
glove-finger n. (see finger n. 4).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > parts of > finger
fingerling1440
stall1483
finger1565
glove-finger1864
hud1893
1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. 227 A cavity..like that which results in a glove-finger when the finger is partially withdrawn and the glove sticks to its end.
glove-fit n. something that fits like a glove.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > that which is suitable or appropriate
the very thing1768
ticket1838
to be a person's meat1875
glove-fit1910
1910 C. E. Montague Hind let Loose viii. 145 The putting of glove-fits on Brumby and Pinn was too near the craftsman's heart to be quite given up.
1967 Listener 8 June 760/1 The rather odd and amateur scansion of the lyrics is a glove-fit to the melody.
glove-fitting adj. that ‘fits like a glove’ (cf. sense 1f).
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > perfectly suited or fitted
well-sittinga1300
well-fitting1578
glove-fitting1868
fairly-fitted1870
made-to-measure1885
tailor-made1896
good-fitting1903
1868 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. Jan. 17 (heading) Thomson's Glove-fitting Corset.
1868 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. Jan. 18/1 The name Glove-Fitting is certainly well chosen.
1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl i. 17 The slim, glove-fitting Princess Robe.
glove-hand n. an operative employed in making gloves.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making gloves > one who
gaunter1415
glover1464
glove-hand1872
1872 T. Cooper Life 165 He was what is called a ‘glove-hand’ and therefore earned better wages than a stockinger.
glove-hook n. = glove-buttoner n.
glove-money n. (a) a gratuity given to servants ostensibly to buy them gloves; (b) Law extraordinary rewards formerly given to officers of English courts, etc.; esp. money given by the sheriff of a county, in which no offenders were left for execution, to the clerk of assize and the judges' officers.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > extra payments > other types of extra payments
month1545
glove-money1729
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > tip > for servants to buy gloves
glove-silver1701
glove-money1881
1729 G. Jacob New Law-dict. at Glove-silver Glove-Money has been also applied to extraordinary Rewards given to Officers of Courts, &c.
1881 T. F. Thiselton-Dyer Dom. Folk Lore vii. 93 The gift of a pair of gloves was at one time the ordinary perquisite of those who performed some small service; and in process of time, to make the reward of greater value, the glove was ‘lined’ with money; hence the term ‘glove-money’.
glove puppet n. a puppet consisting of a dress, a head and hands, made to fit on the hand like a glove.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > other figures > [noun] > glove puppet
glove puppet1937
1937 W. S. Lanchester Hand Puppets & String Puppets 10 Glove Puppets. This is the simplest form of puppetry.
1937 W. S. Lanchester Hand Puppets & String Puppets 15 Some glove puppet workers use spring clothes pegs for hands.
1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 213 Hand or glove puppets are the simplest type and, for the travelling showman, have the great advantage of taking up little space.
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glove-sheep n. (see 1885 for glove-calf n.).
glove-silver n. = glove-money n.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > tip > for servants to buy gloves
glove-silver1701
glove-money1881
1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) Glove-silver, Money given to some Servants by custom to buy them Gloves as a reward and encouragement of their Labours.
glove-sponge n. a kind of sponge in the shape of a glove.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Parazoa > phylum Porifera > class Demospongiae > [noun] > order Ceraospongiae > member of
grass sponge1852
glove-sponge1885
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 311 There were..bright scarlet glove-sponges branching up like huge hands.
1886 H. A. Blake in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 179 The sponges are sorted..into glove, reef, lamb's-wool, grass, &c.
glove stitch n. (see quot. 1964).
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1964 McCall's Sewing in Colour ii. 29/1 Glove stitch, decorative top-stitching made by taking the same size stitch on both sides of the work.
glove-stretcher n. an instrument in the shape of a pair of scissors for stretching the fingers of gloves.
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Glove-stretchers.
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glovev.
/ɡlʌv/, U.S. /ɡləv/ transitive. To cover with, or as with a glove; to provide with gloves. Of a thing: To serve as a glove for.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [verb (transitive)] > serve as glove for
glove1600
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > gloves
glove1600
kid-glove1860
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 147 A scaly gauntlet now with ioynts of steele Must gloue this hand. View more context for this quotation
1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 156 They were wont likewise to glove his hands..with his shoes, that as he suddenly awaked hee might rub his face and eyes therewith.
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xviii. sig. D8v Hee..is exceeding ambitious to..haue his fist Glou'd with his Iesses.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 158 Our little girls glove their fingers with them.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid v, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 238 Who dares challenge him now? Who gloves in defiance his hands?
1890 ‘A. Thomas’ Love of Lady II. v. 39 Miss Daubeny ‘boots’ and ‘gloves’ herself fairly well.
Derivatives
gloved adj.
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gloved1573
well-gloved1601
1573 J. Sanford tr. L. Guicciardini Hours Recreat. (1576) 212 A gloved catte can catche no myse.
1624 P. Massinger Bond-man ii. ii. sig. E2v Lady, I would descend to kisse your hand, But that 'tis glou'd, and Ciuit makes me sicke.
a1658 J. Cleveland Fuscara 22 The next he preys on is her Palms..Tender as 'twere a Jelly glov'd.
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 70 Shawl'd, fur-tippeted and gloved.
1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. 227 If a gloved-finger be taken to represent a growing shoot.
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transitive. Sport. To catch, deflect, or touch (a ball, etc.) with a gloved hand.
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1952 Redlands (Calif.) Daily Facts 28 May Two bunts went for hits... Then Grace gloved the third but threw wild to second base.
1955 A. Ross Austral. 55 xii. 158 Miller made one..stand up, and Compton..succeeded only in gloving it gently to Harvey.
1996 Ice Hockey News Rev. 28 Sept. 21/1 (caption) Their outstanding young goalie..sets himself up to glove the shot that Basingstoke's Chris Chard is about to let go.
2006 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 29 Aug. 36 He gloved his first delivery down the leg side with [the] wicket-keeper..taking an outstanding catch.
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