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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knit \Knit\ (n[i^]t), verb (used with an object) [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.
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 (Comus).
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knitting \Knit"ting\, noun
1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting; knitwork.
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 needle}, 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) 2.0 [wn]:
knit
noun
1: a fabric made by knitting [syn: {knitted fabric}]
2: a basic knitting stitch [syn: {knit stitch}, {plain}, {plain stitch}]
3: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine [syn: {knitting}, {knitwork}]
verb
1: make (textiles) by knitting; "knit a scarf"
2: tie or link together [syn: {entwine}]
3: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" [syn: {pucker}, {rumple}, {cockle}, {crumple}] [also: {knitting}, {knitted}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
knitting
noun
1: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine [syn: {knit}, {knitwork}]
2: creating knitted wear
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
knitting See {knit}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "knitting": abbreviation, applique, astriction, astringency, basting, binding, bottleneck, braiding, buttonholing, cervix, circumscription, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, crochet, curtailment, decrease, diminuendo, embroidery, enlacement, entwinement, entwining, fabric, hourglass, hourglass figure, interknitting, interlacement, interlacery, interlacing, intertexture, interthreading, intertieing, intertwinement, intertwining, intertwisting, interweavement, interweaving, isthmus, lacing, macrame, narrow place, narrowing, neck, needlepoint, netting, petit point, plaiting, puckering, pursing, quilting, reduction, ribbing, shortening, solidification, stranglement, strangulation, striction, stricture, systole, tatting, texture, tissue, twining, twisting, warp and woof, warpage, wasp waist, weave, weaving, web, weftage, wreathing, wrinkling
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