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unglove en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English ungloven, equivalent to un- + glove.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To remove a glove or gloves (from).
   • If ladies go from the ball-room to the supper-room for half an hour, they are not expected to unglove...But, if the supper be final, and close the evening's entertainment, they may unglove, if they please. 1848, Family Herald - Volume 6, page 778:
   • Formerly, strict etiquette demanded that a person should unglove the hand before offering it to another in friendly greeting. 1903, Richard Linthicum, The Educational Encyclopedia of Common Things:
   • A simple way to remember how to unglove safely is “glove to glove, skin to skin.” 2014, Theresa Criscitelli, Fast Facts for the Operating Room Nurse:
   • undated, John Keats, Sonnet to a Lady seen for a Few Moments at Vauxhall Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand, / Since I was tangled in thy beauty's web, / And snared by the ungloving of thine hand.

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