WANTUS

WANTUS
WANTUS
vide supra Chirotheca.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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  • gant — [ gɑ̃ ] n. m. • v. 1155; guant 1080; frq. °want 1 ♦ Pièce de l habillement qui s adapte exactement à la main et la recouvre au moins jusqu au poignet en épousant la forme de chaque doigt séparément. Une paire de gants. Doigts, empaumure,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Gauntlet — Gaunt let, n. [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. v[ o]ttr, for vantr.] 1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds. [1913 Webster] Note: The gauntlet of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To take up the gauntlet — Gauntlet Gaunt let, n. [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. v[ o]ttr, for vantr.] 1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To throw down the gauntlet — Gauntlet Gaunt let, n. [F. gantelet, dim. of gant glove, LL. wantus, of Teutonic origin; cf. D. want, Sw. & Dan. vante, Icel. v[ o]ttr, for vantr.] 1. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gant — (gan ; le t ne se lie pas dans le parler ordinaire ; au pluriel, l s se lie : des gan z en peau) s. m. 1°   Partie de l habillement qui, couvrant la main, couvre aussi chaque doigt séparément. Des gants, blancs. Gants d homme. Gants de femme.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • wantu- — *wantu , *wantuz germ., stark. Maskulinum (u): nhd. Handschuh, Fäustling; ne. glove, mitten; Rekontruktionsbasis: an., lat. ahd.; Etymologie: von einem idg. *u̯ondʰnú , Falk/Torp 391; Weiterlebe …   Germanisches Wörterbuch

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