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. Knit
(Knit), v. i.
1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
2. 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.
Knit
(Knit), n. Union knitting; texture. Shak.
Knitback
(Knit"back`) n. (Bot.) The plant comfrey; — so called from its use as a restorative. Dr. Prier.
Knitch
(Knitch Knitch"et) n. [Cf. Knit.] A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot. [Obs.
or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
When they [stems of asphodel] be dried, they ought to be made up into knitchets, or handfuls.
Holland. Knits
(Knits) n. pl. [Prob. same word as nit a louse's egg.] (Mining) Small particles of ore. Raymond.
Knitster
(Knit"ster) n. A woman who knits. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Knitter
(Knit"ter) n. One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine. Shak.
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.
Knittle
(Knit"tle) n. [From Knit.]
1. A string that draws together a purse or bag. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
2. pl. (Naut.) See Nettles.
Knives
(Knives) n. pl. of Knife. See Knife.
Knob
(Knob) n. [A modification of knop. Cf. Nob.]
1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.