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English → English (gcide) Definition: To handle without gloves 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A boxing glove. [1913 Webster] 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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. [1913 Webster] Handle \Han"dle\ (h[a^]n"d'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Handling (-dl[i^]ng).] [OE. handlen, AS. handlian; akin to D. handelen to trade, G. handeln. See Hand.] 1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand. [1913 Webster] Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh. --Luke xxiv. 39. [1913 Webster] About his altar, handling holy things. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to manage skillfully. [1913 Webster] That fellow handles his bow like a crowkeeper. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands. [1913 Webster] The hardness of the winters forces the breeders to house and handle their colts six months every year. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 4. To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell; as, a merchant handles a variety of goods, or a large stock. [1913 Webster] 5. To deal with; to make a business of. [1913 Webster] They that handle the law knew me not. --Jer. ii. 8. [1913 Webster] 6. To treat; to use, well or ill. [1913 Webster] How wert thou handled being prisoner? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. To manage; to control; to practice skill upon. [1913 Webster] You shall see how I will handle her. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 8. To use or manage in writing or speaking; to treat, as a theme, an argument, or an objection. [1913 Webster] We will handle what persons are apt to envy others. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] To handle without gloves. See under Glove. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]