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<hw>Knit"back`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a restorative.</def>

<i>Dr. Prier.</i>

<h1>Knitch, Knitchet</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw><hw>Knitch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Knitch"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Knit</er>.]</ety> <def>A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<blockquote>When they [stems of asphodel] be dried, they ought to be made up into <b>knitchets</b>, or handfuls. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knits</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knits</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[Prob. same word as <ets>nit</ets> a louse's egg.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Small particles of ore.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<h1>Knitster</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knit"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who knits.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Knitter</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knit"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Knitting</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knit"ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Union formed by knitting, as of bones.</def>

<cs><col>Knitting machine</col>, <cd>one of a number of contrivances for mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like.</cd> -- <col>Knitting <?/eedle</col>, <cd>a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric, as in stockings.</cd> -- <col>Knitting sheath</col>, <cd>a sheath to receive the end of a needle in knitting.</cd></cs>

<h1>Knittle</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knit"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Knit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A string that draws together a purse or bag.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Nettles</er>.</def>

<h1>Knives</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knives</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>of <er>Knife</er>. See <er>Knife</er>.</def>

<h1>Knob</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knob</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A modification of <ets>knop</ets>. Cf. <er>Nob</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; <as>as, a <ex>knob</ex> in the flesh, or on a bone</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A knoblike ornament or handle; <as>as, the <ex>knob</ex> of a lock, door, or drawer</as>.</def>