KNIT, nit. pret. and pp. knit or knitted. L. 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
5. To draw together to contract as, to knit the brows.
KNIT, nit. To unite or interweave by needles.
1. To unite closely to grow together. Broken bones will in time knit and become sound.
KNIT, n. nit. Union by knitting texture. Little used.
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