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Definition of Knittles
1. knittle [n] - See also: knittle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knittles
Literary usage of Knittles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rudimentary Treatise on Masting, Mast-making, and Rigging of Ships: Also by Robert Kipping (1854)
"Then take the knittles which are up and bring ... knittles arc made by laying
rope yarns together, with your finger and thumb, against the twist of the yarn ..."
2. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"knittles are made by laying rope-yarns together, with your finger and thumb,
against the twist of the yarn. Snaking is for the better securing of a seizing, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The knittles ore then reversed and another turn of the weft taken, ... At the
last turn tho ends of the knittles which are laid back are led forward over ..."
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