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Definition of Knitch
1. n. A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.
Definition of Knitch
1. a bundle of wood [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knitch
Literary usage of Knitch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1886)
"A bundle; anything knit or bound together—as a knitch o' reed. ... Oh, I 'an't
a-brought home only a few of my things in a bit of a knitch. Low. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"A knitch of reed always consists of six small sheaves, called Wads (qv).
KNOB (sometimes nub). A lump or block, not necessarily a protuberance; ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"... knitch]>ck, which enters into Hchr- ing'îi Sen, between 64 ami 65 degrees
north latitude, by several months, and on the parallel of 165 degree« west ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"... the knitch'pek; it is navigable to the «a, a distance of one thousand miles
for steam- "»ts. ..."
5. The Dialect of Hartland, Devonshire by Richard Pearse Chope (1891)
"A knitch of reed always consists of six small sheaves, called Wads (qv).
KNOB (sometimes nub). A lump or block, not necessarily a protuberance; ..."
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