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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knead \Knead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kneaded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Kneading}.] [OE. kneden As cnedan akin to D. kneden G.
kneten Sw kn?da, Icel. kno?a; cf OSlav. gnesti.]
1. To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands;
esp., to work as by repeated pressure with the knuckles,
into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake,
etc.; as to knead dough.
The kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of
the oven, and the baking. --Shak.
2. Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat
I will knead him : I'll make him supple. --Shak.
{Kneading trough}, a trough or tray in which dough is
kneaded. --Ex. viii. 3.
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