KNIT, v.t. 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, v.i. 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.]
