Definition of Knits

1. n. pl. Small particles of ore.

Definition of Knits

1. Verb. (third-person singular of knit) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knits

1. knit [v] - See also: knit

Medical Definition of Knits

1. Small particles of ore. Origin: Prob. Same word as nit a louse's egg. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knits

knishes
knismesis
knismogenic
knit
knit cap
knit caps
knit one's brows
knit one's eyebrows
knit stitch
knitathon
knitathons
knitback
knitch
knitches
knits (current term)
knitster
knitsters
knittable
knitted
knitted fabric
knitter
knitters
knittest
knitteth
knitting
knitting chart
knitting machine
knitting needle
knitting needles

Literary usage of Knits

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Many Moods and Many Meters by George Vere Hobart (1899)
"... down sat I reads vots in der babers at— Und Katarina knits. ... Und Katarina knits. I fix mine glasses und I reads ..."

2. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1807)
"... Faith knits to God, to Heaven Hope, Love to Men, Faith gets, Hope keeps, and Love pours out agen. In this church were buried the following remarkable ..."

3. Teutonic mythology by Jacob Grimm, James Steven Stallybrass (1882)
"... one sews him a shirt, another knits him a band, and the third trims a cap for him. Some stories about them closely resemble those of the swan-maids. ..."

4. The Historical Relations of Medicine and Surgery to the End of the Sixteenth by Thomas Clifford Allbutt (1905)
"... who assembles the functions, engenders and regulates the new flesh, and knits up the scar. With Guy of Chauliac, the ablest surgeon of his time, ..."

5. Great Truths by Great Authors (1856)
"... that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of Care, The Death of each day's Life, sore Labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great Nature's second course, ..."

6. The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation,ancient and Modern by Katherine Taylor Craig (1918)
"... "SLEEP THAT knits UP THE RAVEL'D SLEEVE OF CARE" "For I am sure if any man were to wake that night in which he saw no dreams, and put it beside all the ..."

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