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. knta, 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.
knits his brow and shows an angry eye.
Shak.
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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.
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Knit, n.
Union knitting; texture.
Shak.
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