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knit

Webster 1828

KNIT, verb transitive nit. preterit tense and participle passive knit or knitted. [Latin nodo, whence nodus, Eng. knot.]1. To unite, as threads by needles; to connect in a kind of net-work; as, to knit a stocking.2. To unite closely; as, let our hearts be knit together in love.3. To join or cause to grow together.Nature cannot knit the bones, while the parts are under a discharge.4. To tie; to fasten.And he saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as it were a great sheet knit at the four corners. Acts 10:11.5. To draw together; to contract; as, to knit the brows.KNIT, verb intransitive nit. To unite or interweave by needles.1. To unite closely; to grow together. Broken bones will in time knit and become sound.KNIT, noun nit. Union by knitting; texture. [Little used.]