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noun taking into custody

noun. taking into custody

noun. clenched hand

noun. hand covering for warmth, protection

noun. hand covering for warmth, protection

noun. appendage at end of human arm,

1765, shortened form of mitten (q.v.). Baseball sense is from 1902. Slang sense of "hand" is from 1896.

High and close to Copley's chin the ball whistled into Eliot's mitt.

Chuckleson lifted a foul that dropped into Shackleton's mitt.

It's possible you've never heard of 'Mitt' Bender, our crack pitcher.

You'll excuse me, Miss Deane, if I didn't tip all my mitt to you the other day.

Jonathan drew off a mitt and felt of the lad's clothes from his calves to his waist.

But the new, white ball was safe in the mitt of Dutch Housenlager.

It landed in the mitt of the catcher with a resounding thud.

Drawing off his mitt he ascertained that the ashes in the stove were still warm.

Father had dropped his mitt, and without that his hand would be froze.

The batter struck at it after it had passed him, and it cracked in Dean's mitt.