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Webster 1913 Edition
Glove
Glove
(glŭv)
, Noun.
[OE.
glove
, glofe
, AS. glōf
; akin to Icel. glōfi
, cf. Goth. lōfa
palm of the hand, Icel. lōfi
.] 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.
2.
A boxing glove.
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.
Glove
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gloved
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gloving
.] To cover with, or as with, a glove.
Webster 1828 Edition
Glove
GLOVE
,Noun.
To throw the glove, with our ancestors, was to challenge to single combat.
GLOVE
,Verb.
T.