| knit | 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) Origin: OE. Knitten, knutten, As. Cnyttan, fr. Cnotta knot; akin to Icel. Knta, Sw. Knyta, Dan. Knytte. See Knot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| knitback | <botany> The plant comfrey; so called from its use as a restorative. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| knits | <chemical> Small particles of ore. Origin: Prob. Same word as nit a louse's egg. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| knitster | A woman who knits. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| knitting | Nonmedical term denoting the process of union of the fragments of a broken bone or of the edges of a wound. Origin: M.E., knitten, to knot, fr. A.S. Cnyttan (05 Mar 2000) |