knit

knit is a Verb

Definition:

[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. Acts x. 11. When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows. Shak.

[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. Wiseman.

[4] To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love. Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. Shak. Come , knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. Milton. A link among the days, toknit The generations each to each. Tennyson.

[5] To draw together; to contract into wrinkles. knits his brow and shows an angry eye. Shak.