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Knit \Knit\ (n[i^]t), 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[=y]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.
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A great sheet knit at the four corners. --Acts x.
11.
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When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows. --Shak.
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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.
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3. To join; to cause to grow together.
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Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are
under a discharge. --Wiseman.
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4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit
together in love.
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Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. --Shak.
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Come, knit hands, and beat the ground,
In a light fantastic round. --Milton
(Comus).
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A link among the days, toknit
The generations each to each. --Tennyson.
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5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
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He knits his brow and shows an angry eye. --Shak.
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Knit \Knit\, v. i.
1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave
by making knots or loops.
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2. To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones
will in time knit and become sound.
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{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.
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Knit \Knit\, n.
Union knitting; texture. --Shak.
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