3 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knitting \Knit"ting\, n.
1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.
2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones.
{Knitting machine}, one of a number of contrivances for
mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like
{Knitting ?eedle}, a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with
rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric,
as in stockings.
{Knitting sheath}, a sheath to receive the end of a needle in
knitting.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
knitting
n 1: created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops
using straight eyeless needles or by machine [syn: {knit},
{knitwork}]
2: creating knitted wear
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