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A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

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  1. n. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
  2. n. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.
  3. n. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
  4. n. A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
  5. n. A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
  6. n. The whitethroat.
  7. v. t. To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.
  8. n. a warm tubular covering for the hands
  9. n. (sports) dropping the ball
  10. v. fail to catch, as of a ball
  11. v. make a mess of, destroy or ruin