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Knit

Knit (knit)
v. t.(?)
Knit
[imp. *** p. p. Knit or Knitted] p. pr. *** vb. n. Knitting.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr. cnotta knot] akin to Icel. kn(?)ta, Sw.
  1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.

    A great sheet knit at the four corners. Acts x. 11.

    When your head did but ache,
    I knit my handkercher about your brows.
    Shak.

  2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.
  3. To join; to cause to grow together.

    Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge. Wiseman.

  4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.

    Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. Shak.

    Come , knit hands, and beat the ground,
    In a light fantastic round.
    Milton.

    A link among the days, toknit
    The generations each to each.
    Tennyson.

  5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

    He knits his brow and shows an angry eye. Shak.


Knit

Knit (knit)
v. i.
Knit
  1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
  2. To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.

    To knit up, to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close. "It remaineth to knit up briefly with the nature and compass of the seas." [Obs.] Holland.


Knit

Knit (knit)
n.
Knit
  1. Union knitting; texture.
    Shak.













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