5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.

He knits his brow and shows an angry eye.

Shak.

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.]

Holland.

Knit, n. Union knitting; texture. Shak.

Knit"back` (?), n. (Bot.) The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use

as a restorative. Dr. Prier.

{ Knitch (?), Knitch"et (?), } n. [Cf. Knit.] 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.

Knits (?), n. pl. [Prob. same word as nit a louse's egg.] (Mining)

Small particles of ore. Raymond.

Knit"ster (?), n. A woman who knits. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Knit"ter (?), n. One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a

knitting machine. Shak.

Knit"ting (?), n. 1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by

knitting.

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