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knitted |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knit \Knit\, v. t. [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 knyta Dan. knytte See {Knot}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: knitted adj : made by intertwining threads in a series of connected loops rather than by weaving; "knitted garments"; "a hand-knitted sweater"
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