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ball and socket joint. See Articulation. A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel, Must glove this hand. Shak. To tear thee joint by joint. Milton.

Gloves made of kid. [Colloq. & Low]

A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures. Lisle glove, a fine summer glove, made of Lisle thread. -- Lisle lace, a fine handmade lace, made at Lisle. -- Lisle thread, a hard twisted cotton thread, originally produced at Lisle.

rbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic. When magisterial duties from his home Her father called. Glover. We are not magisterial in opinions, nor, dictator-like, obtrude our notions on any man. Sir T. Browne. Pretenses go a great way with men that take fair words and magisterial looks for current payment. L'Estrange.…

t was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of white gloves. Smart. -- Maiden name, the surname of a woman before her marriage. -- Maiden pink. (Bot.) See under Pink. -- Maiden plum (Bot.), a West Indian tree (Comocladia integrifolia) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree is…

's hands, especially their nails. [Men] who had taken good care of their hands by wearing gloves and availing themselves of the services of a manicure. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

ially such as please the fancy of women. [Obs.] No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. Shak.

To mate wrongly or unsuitably; as, to mismate gloves or shoes; a mismated couple.

A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger. Chaucer.

A mosquetaire cuff or glove, or other article of dress fancied to resemble those worn by the French mosquetaires.

Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff.

A kind of mitten or boxing glove, esp. when stuffed.

densely woolly leaves, is Verbascum Thapsus. Moth mullein. See under Moth. -- Mullein foxglove, an American herb (Seymeria macrophylla) with coarse leaves and yellow tubular flowers with a spreading border. -- Petty mullein, the cowslip. Dr. Prior.

emaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.

Oligarchic. Glover.

sts orange trees; especially, the purple scale (Mytilaspis citricola), the long scale (M. Gloveri), and the red scale (Aspidiotus Aurantii).

d, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.

to equal; to rival. [R.] Spenser. In arms anon to paragon the morn, The morn new rising. Glover.

soon; as, precipitate a journey, or a conflict. Back to his sight precipitates her steps. Glover. If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs, and prove dangerous. Bacon.

s; splendid. Gorgeous banners to the sun expand Their streaming volumes of relucent gold. Glover.