Glove

glove
    n 1: the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball [syn:
         {baseball glove}, {glove}, {baseball mitt}, {mitt}]
    2: handwear: covers the hand and wrist
    3: boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for
       the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing [syn:
       {boxing glove}, {glove}]
    

Glove \Glove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gloved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Gloving}.]
   To cover with, or as with, a glove.
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Glove \Glove\ (gl[u^]v), n. [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl[=o]f; akin
   to Icel. gl[=o]fi, cf. Goth. l[=o]fa palm of the hand, Icel.
   l[=o]fi.]
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   1. 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.
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   2. A boxing glove.
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   {Boxing glove}. See under {Boxing}.

   {Glove fight}, a pugilistic contest in which the fighters
      wear boxing gloves.

   {Glove money} or {Glove silver}.
      (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy
          gloves with.
      (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts;
          also, a fee given by the sheriff of a county to the
          clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are
          no offenders to be executed.

   {Glove sponge} (Zool.), a fine and soft variety of commercial
      sponges ({Spongia officinalis}).

   {To be hand and glove with}, to be intimately associated or
      on good terms with. "Hand and glove with traitors." --J.
      H. Newman.

   {To handle without gloves}, to treat without reserve or
      tenderness; to deal roughly with. [Colloq.]

   {To take up the glove}, to accept a challenge or adopt a
      quarrel.

   {To throw down the glove}, to challenge to combat.
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24 Moby Thesaurus words for "glove":
      battle cry, bid to combat, brass knuckles, cesta, cestus,
      challenge, dare, defi, defy, double dare, gage, gage of battle,
      gauntlet, handwear, kid gloves, kids, mittens, mitts,
      mousquetaire gloves, mousquetaires, muff, rebel yell, war cry,
      war whoop