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<hw>Knight" mar"shal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<h1>Knight service</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knight" serv"ice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Eng. Feud. Law)</fld> <def>A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See <er>Chivalry</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</def>

<h1>Knight Templar</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knight" Tem"plar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Knights Templars</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>See <er>Commandery</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3, and also <er>Templar</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1 and 3.</def>

<h1>Knit</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Knit</er> or <er>Knitted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Knitting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>knitten</ets>, <ets>knutten</ets>, As. <ets>cnyttan</ets>, fr. <ets>cnotta</ets> knot; akin to Icel. <ets>kn<?/ta</ets>, Sw. <ets>knyta</ets>, Dan. <ets>knytte</ets>. See <er>Knot</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.</def>

<blockquote>A great sheet <b>knit</b> at the four corners. <i>Acts x. 11.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When your head did but ache, I <b>knit</b> my handkercher about your brows. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>knit</ex> stockings</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To join; to cause to grow together.</def>

<blockquote>Nature can not <b>knit</b> the bones while the parts are under a discharge. <i>Wiseman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To unite closely; to connect; to engage; <as>as, hearts <ex>knit</ex> together in love</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Thy merit hath my duty strongly <b>knit</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Come , <b>knit</b> hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A link among the days, to<b>knit</b> The generations each to each. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.</def>

<blockquote><?/<?/<?/ <b>knits</b> his brow and shows an angry eye. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knit</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knit</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be united closely; to grow together; <as>as, broken bones will in time <ex>knit</ex> and become sound</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To knit up</col>, <cd>to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close. "It remaineth to <i>knit up<i> briefly with the nature and compass of the seas." <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Knit</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knit</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Union knitting; texture.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Knitback</h1> <Xpage=816>