interknitv.
/ɪntəˈnɪt/ 1. transitive. To knit each into the other; to intertwine, interweave.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [verb (transitive)] > basket-making
interknit1805
rand1938
1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xi. 286 Here they..infix the ready piles, Or, interknitting them with osiers, weave The wicker wall.
1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay i. xix These strongly interknit they closed around With basket-work of many a pliant bough.
1885 Athenæum 23 May 666/3 A little girl..with fingers interknit in her lap.
2. intransitive. To intertwine.
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the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (intransitive)]
writhec1275
entertain1481
interlace1596
weave1613
lace1762
intertwine1782
interknit1818
1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 41 Nor with aught else can our souls interknit So wingedly.
Derivatives
ˈinterknit adj.
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the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [adjective] > intertwined or interwoven
writhenOE
twinedc1300
locked1488
wreathena1500
plait1529
implicatec1540
context?1541
twisted1548
weaved1552
wreathed?1552
texed1572
well-woven1578
woven1590
interlaced1593
entrailed1599
entest1608
implicit1608
folden1612
inextricate?1615
intertissueda1616
complicatea1626
enwreathed1631
interwoven1642
inwoven1667
intertwineda1680
plectilea1682
well-wove1690
implicated1761
osiered1820
inwrought1824
complected1828
impleached1829
internetted1849
enlaced1851
threaded1853
interknit1885
interwrought1895
pleached1896
interweaved1898
1885 Athenæum 18 Apr. 512 [He] lets his interknit fingers lie in his lap.
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