Knit /(nĭt)/

imp. & p. p. Knit; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.

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.

1. Union knitting; texture.