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mittenn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French mitain, mitaine. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman mitain, mitein, mittoine and Old French, Middle French, French mitaine (a1180; 1718 denoting a fingerless glove); further etymology uncertain and disputed (see below). Compare post-classical Latin mita mitten (1218; from a1230 in British sources), mitana (12th cent.), mitanna (12th cent. in a British source), mitena (1298 in a British source), Catalan mitana bishop's glove (mid 14th cent.), Occitan mitana, mittèna.Perhaps (as suggested in Trésor de la langue Ffrançaise s.v. mitaine) < Old French, Middle French mite mitten (though only attested from c1350 in this sense; probably transferred use of mite , pet name for a cat (c1250; probably originally an imitative word *mi- with consonantal extension (compare mewt v.)) + -ain -an suffix: see further Trésor de la langue française s.v. mitaine . Compare also (apparently with different suffixation: compare -oon suffix) Middle French, French miton iron glove worn as armour (15th cent.; 1636 in sense ‘fur or knitted muff’). Attested as a surname in England from the 13th cent., as Galfridus Mytayn (1248), Will. Mittayn (1251), though it is unclear whether these are to be interpreted as Middle English or Anglo-Norman. With mitten beaver n. at Compounds 2, compare French mitaine inferior beaver skins (1723). 1. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > mitten 1287–8 in W. Hudson (1892) 18 (MED) Robertus le Mitenmaker. c1390 G. Chaucer 372 He that his hand wol putte in this mitayn [v.rr. metayn, mytene, myteyne, myteyn, Metane], He shal haue multiplyyng of his grayn. tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 1167 Botis, cokirs, myttens most we were. 1488 in T. Dickson (1877) I. 85 A pare of metingis for hunting. ?1521 A. Barclay sig. Av His furred myttans, were of a curres skynne. 1563 Excess of Apparel 114 b He that ruffleth in his..corked slippers, trimme buskins, and warme mittons, is more redy to chyll for colde, then the poore labouryng man. c1600 (?c1395) (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) 428 Twey myteynes..maad all of cloutes; Þe fyngers weren for-werd. a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Rrrrrrv/2 Let not thy mittens abate the talons of thy authority, but gripe theft and whoredom, wheresoever thou meet'st 'em. 1662 J. Owen 311 Such stupid blockheads, as to be imposed on with Sophistry, that they may feel through a pair of Mittens. 1729 T. Consett in tr. 157 (note) The vulgar People..with their..gloves on, which are almost as large and strong as a Hedger's Mittins. 1742 C. Middleton in (Royal Soc.) 42 161 A large Pair of Beaver Mittings..which reach up as high as our Elbows. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ix, in 2nd Ser. II. 218 Hastily and confusedly searching for his worsted mittans and staff. 1840 R. H. Dana iii. 18 The crew..can get their wet mittens and stockings dried. 1865 Visct. Milton & W. B. Cheadle viii. 121 Our hands encased in ‘mittaines’, or large gloves of moose-skin..carried slung by a band round the neck. 1891 A. Gordon 225 His ‘hoddin’ overcoat of darkest gray, his huge mittens, big goloshes. 1966 2 Baby goods..Bootees and Mittens. 1999 Nov. 31/2 You could [have] a knot tying (or untying) competition wearing mittens. society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the hands or arms 1598 J. Florio Manicles, fetters for the handes, mittons, giues. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in II. (at cited word) Mittens, the hands. 1859 J. C. Hotten 63 Mittens, fists. 1859 [see mitten-mill n. at Compounds 2]. 1859 G. W. Matsell 127 Mittens, boxing-gloves. 1880 G. Webster in (1965) VI. 306/1 My lad was made fast an' a pair o' mittens clappit on wi' little mair adee. 1883 J. Greenwood 56 That's their mittens they've got tied up in that hankercher. They're fighting coves. 1937 ‘D. Hume’ 3 ‘Mittens’ are handcuffs; a padlock is a ‘monkey’. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of articles of clothing > [noun] > mitten 1688 R. Holme (1905) iii. xviii. 110/1 He beareth Gules, a left hand Male Mitton..proper. 2. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > types of > not covering fingers 1755 S. Johnson Mittens, gloves that cover the arm without covering the fingers. 1763 162 Their chief business was making silk nets, purses, and mittins. 1795 ‘P. Pindar’ 178 On week-days were black worsted mittens worn; Black silk, on Sundays, did her arms adorn. 1824 M. R. Mitford I. 223 The sleeves came down just below the elbow, and were finished by a narrow white ruffle meeting her neat mittens. 1839 C. Dickens iii. 16 ‘Hem!’ said Miss La Creevy, coughing delicately behind her black silk mitten. 1876 H. James ii. 39 She..knew a portrait-painter at Richmond, who did her miniature in black lace mittens. 1905 Baroness Orczy xv. 145 He bowed over that tiny hand, which looked so dainty and white through the delicately transparent black lace mitten. 1984 J. Nunn 99 About 1750..women..wore mittens made of kid, cotton or silk, usually elbow-length, with a single opening for the fingers and a pointed flap covering the back of the hand. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for arms > [noun] > sleeve > types of 1899 22 Dec. 3/1 When a lace sleeve, instead of having actual mittens, is brought mitten-wise over the hand. 1900 5 Feb. 7/1 The sleeve in its full dress adaptation is called the mitten because it falls from the shoulder, though it is attached to the bodice underneath the arm, and covers the hand right down to the knuckles. Phrases†P1. the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > be or become pitiless [verb (transitive)] > treat without mercy society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > challenge or challenging > challenge [verb (intransitive)] 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ sig. G4 I cast him here my Mitten vpon the quarrell. 1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid (new ed.) 30 They may come to lay up my mittens, an' ding me yavil, an' as styth as gin I had been elf-shot. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor v, in 3rd Ser. II. 94 And when mamma comes home she'll claw up both your mittens. 1824 G. Smith 35 I hears a human voice cry out for help..Whate'er they waur their mittens waur laid up. 1650 G. Walker 12 Thus the Members were illegally proceeded against, the Lords summoned to York, and the Parliament commanded to Oxford, and all that refused handled without mittens, their Estates being conferred on those who would engage for Tyranny, and themselves proclaimed Traytors and Rebels. 1666 Earl of Orrery Let. 25 June in (1742) 168 I have..spoken with colonel Manly, whom I did handle without mittins about false musters in his company. 1680 R. L'Estrange tr. Erasmus xii. 167 He handled the Reverend Fathers without Mittens. 1851 H. Melville lv. 297 ‘However recklessly the whale may sometimes serve us,’ said humorous Stubb one day, ‘he can never be truly said to handle us without mittens.’ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > be someone's sweetheart [verb (intransitive)] > be rejected or jilted society > education > educational administration > school administration > [verb (intransitive)] > punishment > be expelled society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > be removed from office [verb (intransitive)] 1840 T. C. Haliburton 3rd Ser. 156 There is no gettin quit of them..for they won't take the mitten if you do try to cut them. 1843 T. C. Haliburton I. (title page) Report my speeches if you like, but if you put my talk in, I'll give you the mitten, as sure as you were born. 1844 J. C. Neal 14 Young gentlemen that have got the mitten..always sigh. 1848 J. R. Lowell (ed. 2) 936 Here comes Dana,..Who'll be going to write what'll never be written Till the Muse, ere he thinks of it, gives him the mitten. 1851 B. H. Hall 209 Mitten, At the Collegiate Institute of Indiana, a student who is expelled is said to get the mitten. 1867 O. W. Holmes xxxiii Some said that Susan had given her young man the mitten, meaning thereby that she had signified that his services as a suitor were dispensed with. 1884 1 Mar. 108/2 Lifeboat hands who are found shrinking, Or with fear of danger smitten, Get, not medals, but the mitten. 1916 J. B. Cooper xiv. 209 ‘Is there anything wrong?’ asked Sam. ‘No more than she has given me the mitten.’ 1942 P. G. Wodehouse xxiii. 240 ‘I've broken my engagement. I'm not going to marry Lionel.’..‘You've really handed him the mitten?’ 1968 E. R. Buckler xiii. 174 If she gave you a look, you had got what was known as ‘the mitten’. Compounds C1. 1898 19 iii. 246 The hands are covered with plate mitten-gauntlets having gads and cuffs. 1287-8Mitenmaker [see sense 1a]. 2001 www.mainetimes.com 20 Nov. (O.E.D. Archive) ‘She was also quite a baker,’ as well as mitten maker and Red Sox fan. 1813 J. N. Brewer XII. ii. ii. 146 A woman..with..mitten sleeves, a belt and cordon. C2. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of beaver 1744 A. Dobbs 26 The eight is the Mittain Beaver, cut out for that Purpose to make Mittains, to preserve them from the Cold. the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > miscellaneous or unspecified types of crab 1934 1 Feb. 17/5 If we want an English equivalent for the German Wollhandkrabbe it might be called the mitten crab. 1992 8 Apr. 4 (caption) Dr Martin Attrill, of the National Rivers Authority, holding a Chinese mitten crab found..at West Thurrock, Essex. 1859 G. W. Matsell s.v. (Farmer) Mitten-mill. 1881 A. Trumble 22/2 Mitten-mill, a glove fight. 1892 W. Pike vii. 103 I noticed the Indians throwing off their mitten-strings, and on enquiring the reason I was told that the musk-ox would often charge at a bright colour, particularly red. 1993 2 June 43/2 A 3-year-old girl strangled when her mitten strings, which were strung through her coat, got caught. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). mittenv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mitten n. Etymology: < mitten n. Compare earlier mittened adj. Now rare. 1841 H. J. Mercier 169 Both Flukes and Bowser, mittened on to de article in question, wid de rapidity of greased lightning. 1887 Dec. 229 I jumps into the forecastle for to mitten Tom's dunnage afore I called the watch. 1933 J. Gray 70 He mittened dem baith, een in every haand an' lockit dem up. 1961 No. 58. 17 But I just mittened a had o da lipper. 2001 A. M. Jones xxxii. 101 When the beans start to boil, he ducks his hands into the cuffs of his jacket and mittens the can out. the mind > emotion > love > a lover > be lover of [verb (transitive)] > reject or jilt a lover 1873 W. Carleton 10 Once, when I was young as you, and not so smart, perhaps, For me she mittened a lawyer, and several other chaps. 1881 M. J. Holmes 114 When she mittened him, it almost took his life. 1941 H. Kurath et al. II. 406 (She gave him the mitten) 13 inf[ormant]s, chiefly ME, NH, Mittened him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1287 v.1841 |
