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   Knit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knit or Knitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Knitting.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr. cnotta knot; akin to Icel. knȳta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See Knot.]
   To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
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   A great sheet knit at the four corners.
   Acts x. 11.
   
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   When your head did but ache,
   I knit my handkercher about your brows.
   Shak.
   
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   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.
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   To join; to cause to grow together.
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   Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge.
   Wiseman.
   
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   To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.
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   Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit.
   Shak.
   
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   Come, knit hands, and beat the ground,
   In a light fantastic round.
   Milton (Comus).
   
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   A link among the days, toknit
   The generations each to each.
   Tennyson.
   
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   To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
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   He knits his brow and shows an angry eye.
   Shak.
   
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   Knit, v. i.
   To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
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   To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.
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   To knit up, to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close. “It remaineth to knit up briefly with the nature and compass of the seas.” [Obs.]
   Holland.
   
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   Knit, n. Union knitting; texture.
   Shak.
   
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