knitting

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. [1913 Webster]

A great sheet knit at the four corners.— Acts x. 11.[1913 Webster]

When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.To join; to cause to grow together. [1913 Webster]

Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge.— Wiseman.[1913 Webster]

4.To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love. [1913 Webster]

Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round.— Milton (Comus).[1913 Webster]

A link among the days, toknit The generations each to each.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

5.To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. [1913 Webster]

He knits his brow and shows an angry eye.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

1.The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting; knitwork. [1913 Webster]

2.Union formed by knitting, as of bones. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]