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m into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. A great sheet knit at the four corners. Acts x. 11. When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows. Shak.

The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a restorative. Dr. Prier.

A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. When they [stems of asphodel] be dried, they ought to be made up into knitchets, or handfuls. Holland.

Small particles of ore. Raymond.

A woman who knits. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine. Shak.

The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.

A string that draws together a purse or bag. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.

To undo or unravel what is knitted together. Fie, fie! unknit that threatening unkind brow. Shak.

A kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side.

to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. Totten. To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. Camden.

A knitted foot cushion.

t of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill. To bend the brow, To knit the brows, to frown; to scowl.

A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.

A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. Cloud on a (or the) title (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. -- To be under a cloud, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. -- In the clouds, in the realm o…

A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.] The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.] The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham.

To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit. Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. Shak.

A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.