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Knitting   /nˈɪtɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Knit  v. t.  (past & past part. knit or knitted; pres. part. knitting)  
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." "When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows."
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."
4.
To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love. "Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit." "Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round." "A link among the days, toknit The generations each to each."
5.
To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. "He knits his brow and shows an angry eye."


Knit  v. i.  
1.
To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
2.
To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.
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.)


noun
Knitting  n.  
1.
The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting; knitwork.
2.
Union formed by knitting, as of bones.
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.





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"Knitting" Quotes from Famous Books



... which never fails to mark that ease and superiority of manner to be found only in those who have had an enlarged experience in life, and seen much of the world. There she sits by the clear fire and clean, comfortable hearth, knitting a pair of stockings for her husband, who has gone to Dublin. She is tidily and even, for a woman of her age, tastefully dressed, but still with a sober decency that showed her good sense. Her cap is as white as snow, with which a well-fitting brown stuff gown, ...
— The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton
... the same occupation—knitting purses—and no one could have told by the quick, graceful motions of the fingers of Alice, that they moved without one guiding ray from those beautiful blue eyes, that seemed to follow all their intricacies. Neither could any one have known, by gazing on those ...
— Helen and Arthur - or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel • Caroline Lee Hentz
... woman in France, whatever be her condition, cannot be persuaded to resign her influence with her youth; and the bourgeoise who has no pretensions to court favour or the disposal of wealthy heiresses, attaches her eleve by knitting him stockings, forcing him with bons morceaux till he has an indigestion, and frequent regales ...
— A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, • An English Lady
... went into the living-room. I had three hours before the children could possibly arrive, and I got out my knitting. I had brought along two dozen pairs of slipper soles in assorted sizes—I always send knitted slippers to the Old Ladies' Home at Christmas—and now I sorted over the wools with a grim determination not to think about the night before. But my mind was not on my work: ...
— The Circular Staircase • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... Duncan, knitting his brows as he grappled with this problem, "you were independent, weren't you? You had money—could pay ...
— The Fortune Hunter • Louis Joseph Vance


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