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KNIT, v.t. nit. pret. and pp. knit or knitted. [L. nodo,whence nodus, Eng. knot.]
KNIT, v.i. nit. To unite or interweave by needles.
KNIT, n. nit. Union by knitting; texture. [Little used.]
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, 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.
To join; to cause to grow
together.
Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge. Wiseman. 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, A link among the days, toknit To draw together; to contract into
wrinkles.
He knits his brow and shows an angry eye. Shak. To
form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots
or loops.
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. Union knitting;
texture.
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