knittingn.

/ˈnɪtɪŋ/

Etymology: < knit v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of knit v. Fastening in or with a knot, tying, binding, conjunction, compacting, etc. literal and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > joining together

conjoiningc1386

joining1398

knittinga1420

accession1570

joindera1616

assemblage1728

annexation1765

association1775

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 4542 Opne hem [bags]; hir knyttynge al to sore annoyeth.

c1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 42 Þe lawfull knyttyng of matrimony.

?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) i. Pref. sig. Aiij The very complete summe and whole knitting vp.

1617 Bp. J. Hall Quo Vadis? (new ed.) iv. 9 Blossomes..nipped..with an Aprill-frost when they should come to the knitting.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §4. 131 The knitting of Christian nations together into a vast commonwealth.

†b. concrete. A tie, fastening, knot (literal and figurative). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun]

knitting13..

knot1393

ligaturec1400

embracer1548

attacha1586

ligation1598

ligament1599

writh1650

vinculum1678

alligature1755

13.. Sir Beues (MSS. S. and N.) 149/3220 On hur gurdul ȝhe made a knyttyng riding [other MSS. knotte riding], Aboute his necke ȝhe hit þrew Him to honge hard and fast.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. clxxiv. sig. Viv^v/1 Bendes and knyttynges [Bodley MS. knyttels] made to bynde vp vynes.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxxvi Betweene the knittynges Flowers of Golde.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xxv. 33 Apply it to the haunches, and to the..knittings of the ioynts.

c. A girl or girls. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]

daughterOE

maidenOE

young womanOE

mayc1175

burdc1225

maidc1275

wenchc1290

file1303

virginc1330

girla1375

damselc1380

young ladya1393

jilla1425

juvenclec1430

young person1438

domicellea1464

quean1488

trull1525

pulleta1533

Tib1533

kittyc1560

dell1567

gillian1573

nymph1584

winklota1586

frotion1587

yuffrouw1589

pigeon1592

tit1599

nannicock1600

muggle1608

gixy1611

infanta1611

dilla1627

tittiea1628

whimsy1631

ladykin1632

stammel1639

moggie1648

zitellaa1660

baggagea1668

miss1668

baby1684

burdie1718

demoiselle1720

queanie?1800

intombi1809

muchacha1811

jilt1816

titter1819

ragazza1827

gouge1828

craft1829

meisie1838

sheila1839

sixteenc1840

chica1843

femme1846

muffin1854

gel1857

quail1859

kitten1870

bud1880

fräulein1883

sub-debutante1887

sweet-and-twenty1887

flapper1888

jelly1889

queen1894

chick1899

pusher1902

bit of fluff1903

chicklet1905

twist and twirl1905

twist1906

head1913

sub-deb1916

tabby1916

mouse1917

tittie1918

chickie1919

wren1920

bim1922

nifty1923

quiff1923

wimp1923

bride1924

job1927

junior miss1927

hag1932

tab1932

sort1933

palone1934

brush1941

knitting1943

teenybopper1966

weeny-bopper1972

Valley Girl1982

1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 39 Knitting, girl or girls.

1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 104 Knitting, girls in the plural. The singular of this is ‘A Piece of Knitting’.

1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 68/2 Knitting, girl friend or girls collectively.

a. spec. The formation of a fabric by looping (see quot. 1883).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting

knitting1711

knit1924

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 108. ¶3 A Pair of Garters of his own knitting.

1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am vii Aunt Dora was occupied with her knitting.

1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 280/1 The art of Knitting was unknown in England until the sixteenth century.

1883 Chambers's Encycl. V. 810 Knitting consists in using a single thread, and with it forming a continual series of loops across the whole fabric; the next row [of loops] passes through these; and they in their turn receive another set, until the whole is completed.

b. concrete. Work so done or made, knitted work.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > knitted fabric

spider-wevet1581

knitwork1628

knit-knot1703

tricot1859

fool's crochet1878

knitting1892

knit1963

1892 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ For His Sake I. 220 Please bring me my knitting.

Compounds

C1. General attributive knitting needle n.

knitting bag n.

ΚΠ

1789 W. Cowper Let. 31 Jan. (1982) III. 254 A basket..[which] contained..a Knitting-bag, and a piece of Plum-cake.

1939 J. Cary Mister Johnson 209 The accomplished..traveller..sets up her household, complete with family and knitting bag, even in trains and tram shelters.

1971 A. Christie Nemesis ii. 20 Taking her knitting out of its embroidered knitting bag.

knitting basket n.

ΚΠ

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 786 Complete fancy knitting-basket.

knitting bee n.

ΚΠ

1855 Chicago Times 19 Mar. 2/6 This girl had been at a knitting bee, at the house of a friend.

1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 508/1 In winter they sometimes had knitting bees.

knitting book n.

ΚΠ

1843 F. Lambert (title) My knitting-book.

1873 Young Englishwoman June 311/3 We must refer you to Madame Goubaud's Knitting and Netting Book.

1973 Horne & Bowden Bk. Knitting & Crochet i. 10 The contents of the knitting books of the 1840s differed greatly from those of today.

knitting-cotton n. Cotton thread for knitting.

ΚΠ

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1106 Knitting and sewing cotton yarn.

knitting frolic n.

ΚΠ

1818 H. B. Fearon Sketches Amer. 223 They are invited to the preacher's house, to partake of a supper... This is termed a knitting frolic.

knitting machine n.

ΚΠ

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Knitting-machine, a machine for weaving and making knitted work.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 1236/2 The Bickford knitting-machine..is a specimen of the circular system.

1927 M. Ostenso Mad Carews (1929) iv. 44 Her mother had sent to the city for a knitting machine in the hope that she might be able to supply her neighbours with woollen socks.

1974 Times 12 Feb. 11/5 He started..with a couple of hand frame knitting machines.

knitting-mill n.

knitting party n.

ΚΠ

1898 Folk-lore Sept. 219 The old knitting-parties which once formed centres of social life in winter evenings.

knitting pattern n.

ΚΠ

1885 C. M. Yonge Nuttie's Father ii. i. 7 I couldn't get a knitting pattern Miss Headworth was to send Lady Ronnisglen.

1961 M. Stewart Ivy Tree iii. 46 The colourless voice..might have been discussing a knitting pattern.

1965 A. Christie At Bertram's Hotel xii. 114 She had a splendid time rounding up knitting patterns, new varieties of knitting wool, and suchlike delights.

1973 ‘J. Ashford’ Double Run xi. 85 Nina, at a critical point in the intricate knitting pattern,..dropped a stitch.

knitting-silk n.

ΚΠ

1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 321/2 Knitting and Crochet Silk..is used for knitting mittens, stockings and other articles which require washing.

knitting wire n.

knitting wool n.

ΚΠ

1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss III. vi. vi. 87 Maggie's ball of knitting-wool rolled along the ground.

knitting-work n.

ΚΠ

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin (U.K. ed.) xix. 187 Miss Ophelia..pulled out her knitting-work, and sat there, grim with indignation.

C2.

knitting-case n. (a) = knitting sheath n.; (b) a case for keeping knitting needles in.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > needle > sheath for

knitting sheath1755

knitting-case1851

sheath1893

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 785 Knitting cases.

1888 E. Eggleston Graysons xxx. 324 She paused to take the end of one needle out of the quill of her knitting-case.

† knitting-cup n. Obsolete a cup of wine handed round at a marriage feast.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > wedding cup

bride-cup1546

bride-bowl1605

bridal bowl1611

knitting-cupa1637

a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady iv. ii. 56 in Wks. (1640) III Doe, doe, and mind The Parsons pint..A knitting Cup there must be.

knitting-pin n. = knitting needle n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > needle

knitting-prick1597

knitting needle1598

needle1598

wire?1746

pina1825

prick1838

steel1839

knitting-wire1850

knitting-pin1857

1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace I. iv. 49 He had in the other pocket..wools.. the long knitting-pins under his arm like a riding-whip.

1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. xi. 178 The..click of the knitting-pins ceased.

† knitting-prick n. Obsolete = knitting needle n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > needle

knitting-prick1597

knitting needle1598

needle1598

wire?1746

pina1825

prick1838

steel1839

knitting-wire1850

knitting-pin1857

1597 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 283 ij lbs. and a half of knitting prickes 2s. 1d.

knitting sheath n. a cylindrical sheath for holding a knitting needle steady in the act of knitting.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > needle > sheath for

knitting sheath1755

knitting-case1851

sheath1893

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xvi. 296 In making knitting-sheaths and plainwork.

1867 ‘T. Lackland’ Homespun i. 23 A great tear trembles on her cheek as she adjusts her needle in the knitting sheath she wears.

knitting-stick n. an elongated form of the knitting-sheath.

knitting-wire n. = knitting needle n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > needle

knitting-prick1597

knitting needle1598

needle1598

wire?1746

pina1825

prick1838

steel1839

knitting-wire1850

knitting-pin1857

1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Arts & Manuf. 491 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 1) VI The needle itself, and thimble will be exhibited in museums with distaffs, spinning-wheels, knitting-wires, [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	knitting
释义	knittingn. /ˈnɪtɪŋ/ Etymology: < knit v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of knit v. Fastening in or with a knot, tying, binding, conjunction, compacting, etc. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > joining together conjoiningc1386 joining1398 knittinga1420 accession1570 joindera1616 assemblage1728 annexation1765 association1775 a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 4542 Opne hem [bags]; hir knyttynge al to sore annoyeth. c1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 42 Þe lawfull knyttyng of matrimony. ?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) i. Pref. sig. Aiij The very complete summe and whole knitting vp. 1617 Bp. J. Hall Quo Vadis? (new ed.) iv. 9 Blossomes..nipped..with an Aprill-frost when they should come to the knitting. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §4. 131 The knitting of Christian nations together into a vast commonwealth. †b. concrete. A tie, fastening, knot (literal and figurative). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] knitting13.. knot1393 ligaturec1400 embracer1548 attacha1586 ligation1598 ligament1599 writh1650 vinculum1678 alligature1755 13.. Sir Beues (MSS. S. and N.) 149/3220 On hur gurdul ȝhe made a knyttyng riding [other MSS. knotte riding], Aboute his necke ȝhe hit þrew Him to honge hard and fast. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. clxxiv. sig. Viv^v/1 Bendes and knyttynges [Bodley MS. knyttels] made to bynde vp vynes. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxxvi Betweene the knittynges Flowers of Golde. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xxv. 33 Apply it to the haunches, and to the..knittings of the ioynts. c. A girl or girls. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] daughterOE maidenOE young womanOE mayc1175 burdc1225 maidc1275 wenchc1290 file1303 virginc1330 girla1375 damselc1380 young ladya1393 jilla1425 juvenclec1430 young person1438 domicellea1464 quean1488 trull1525 pulleta1533 Tib1533 kittyc1560 dell1567 gillian1573 nymph1584 winklota1586 frotion1587 yuffrouw1589 pigeon1592 tit1599 nannicock1600 muggle1608 gixy1611 infanta1611 dilla1627 tittiea1628 whimsy1631 ladykin1632 stammel1639 moggie1648 zitellaa1660 baggagea1668 miss1668 baby1684 burdie1718 demoiselle1720 queanie?1800 intombi1809 muchacha1811 jilt1816 titter1819 ragazza1827 gouge1828 craft1829 meisie1838 sheila1839 sixteenc1840 chica1843 femme1846 muffin1854 gel1857 quail1859 kitten1870 bud1880 fräulein1883 sub-debutante1887 sweet-and-twenty1887 flapper1888 jelly1889 queen1894 chick1899 pusher1902 bit of fluff1903 chicklet1905 twist and twirl1905 twist1906 head1913 sub-deb1916 tabby1916 mouse1917 tittie1918 chickie1919 wren1920 bim1922 nifty1923 quiff1923 wimp1923 bride1924 job1927 junior miss1927 hag1932 tab1932 sort1933 palone1934 brush1941 knitting1943 teenybopper1966 weeny-bopper1972 Valley Girl1982 1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 39 Knitting, girl or girls. 1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 104 Knitting, girls in the plural. The singular of this is ‘A Piece of Knitting’. 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 68/2 Knitting, girl friend or girls collectively. 2. a. spec. The formation of a fabric by looping (see quot. 1883). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting knitting1711 knit1924 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 108. ¶3 A Pair of Garters of his own knitting. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am vii Aunt Dora was occupied with her knitting. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 280/1 The art of Knitting was unknown in England until the sixteenth century. 1883 Chambers's Encycl. V. 810 Knitting consists in using a single thread, and with it forming a continual series of loops across the whole fabric; the next row [of loops] passes through these; and they in their turn receive another set, until the whole is completed. b. concrete. Work so done or made, knitted work. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > knitted fabric spider-wevet1581 knitwork1628 knit-knot1703 tricot1859 fool's crochet1878 knitting1892 knit1963 1892 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ For His Sake I. 220 Please bring me my knitting. Compounds C1. General attributive knitting needle n. knitting bag n. ΚΠ 1789 W. Cowper Let. 31 Jan. (1982) III. 254 A basket..[which] contained..a Knitting-bag, and a piece of Plum-cake. 1939 J. Cary Mister Johnson 209 The accomplished..traveller..sets up her household, complete with family and knitting bag, even in trains and tram shelters. 1971 A. Christie Nemesis ii. 20 Taking her knitting out of its embroidered knitting bag. knitting basket n. ΚΠ 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 786 Complete fancy knitting-basket. knitting bee n. ΚΠ 1855 Chicago Times 19 Mar. 2/6 This girl had been at a knitting bee, at the house of a friend. 1880 Harper's Mag. Sept. 508/1 In winter they sometimes had knitting bees. knitting book n. ΚΠ 1843 F. Lambert (title) My knitting-book. 1873 Young Englishwoman June 311/3 We must refer you to Madame Goubaud's Knitting and Netting Book. 1973 Horne & Bowden Bk. Knitting & Crochet i. 10 The contents of the knitting books of the 1840s differed greatly from those of today. knitting-cotton n. Cotton thread for knitting. ΚΠ 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1106 Knitting and sewing cotton yarn. knitting frolic n. ΚΠ 1818 H. B. Fearon Sketches Amer. 223 They are invited to the preacher's house, to partake of a supper... This is termed a knitting frolic. knitting machine n. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Knitting-machine, a machine for weaving and making knitted work. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 1236/2 The Bickford knitting-machine..is a specimen of the circular system. 1927 M. Ostenso Mad Carews (1929) iv. 44 Her mother had sent to the city for a knitting machine in the hope that she might be able to supply her neighbours with woollen socks. 1974 Times 12 Feb. 11/5 He started..with a couple of hand frame knitting machines. knitting-mill n. knitting party n. ΚΠ 1898 Folk-lore Sept. 219 The old knitting-parties which once formed centres of social life in winter evenings. knitting pattern n. ΚΠ 1885 C. M. Yonge Nuttie's Father ii. i. 7 I couldn't get a knitting pattern Miss Headworth was to send Lady Ronnisglen. 1961 M. Stewart Ivy Tree iii. 46 The colourless voice..might have been discussing a knitting pattern. 1965 A. Christie At Bertram's Hotel xii. 114 She had a splendid time rounding up knitting patterns, new varieties of knitting wool, and suchlike delights. 1973 ‘J. Ashford’ Double Run xi. 85 Nina, at a critical point in the intricate knitting pattern,..dropped a stitch. knitting-silk n. ΚΠ 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 321/2 Knitting and Crochet Silk..is used for knitting mittens, stockings and other articles which require washing. knitting wire n. knitting wool n. ΚΠ 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss III. vi. vi. 87 Maggie's ball of knitting-wool rolled along the ground. knitting-work n. ΚΠ 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin (U.K. ed.) xix. 187 Miss Ophelia..pulled out her knitting-work, and sat there, grim with indignation. C2. knitting-case n. (a) = knitting sheath n.; (b) a case for keeping knitting needles in. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > needle > sheath for knitting sheath1755 knitting-case1851 sheath1893 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 785 Knitting cases. 1888 E. Eggleston Graysons xxx. 324 She paused to take the end of one needle out of the quill of her knitting-case. † knitting-cup n. Obsolete a cup of wine handed round at a marriage feast. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > wedding cup bride-cup1546 bride-bowl1605 bridal bowl1611 knitting-cupa1637 a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady iv. ii. 56 in Wks. (1640) III Doe, doe, and mind The Parsons pint..A knitting Cup there must be. knitting-pin n. = knitting needle n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > needle knitting-prick1597 knitting needle1598 needle1598 wire?1746 pina1825 prick1838 steel1839 knitting-wire1850 knitting-pin1857 1857 C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace I. iv. 49 He had in the other pocket..wools.. the long knitting-pins under his arm like a riding-whip. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. xi. 178 The..click of the knitting-pins ceased. † knitting-prick n. Obsolete = knitting needle n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > needle knitting-prick1597 knitting needle1598 needle1598 wire?1746 pina1825 prick1838 steel1839 knitting-wire1850 knitting-pin1857 1597 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 283 ij lbs. and a half of knitting prickes 2s. 1d. knitting sheath n. a cylindrical sheath for holding a knitting needle steady in the act of knitting. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > needle > sheath for knitting sheath1755 knitting-case1851 sheath1893 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. xvi. 296 In making knitting-sheaths and plainwork. 1867 ‘T. Lackland’ Homespun i. 23 A great tear trembles on her cheek as she adjusts her needle in the knitting sheath she wears. knitting-stick n. an elongated form of the knitting-sheath. knitting-wire n. = knitting needle n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > needle knitting-prick1597 knitting needle1598 needle1598 wire?1746 pina1825 prick1838 steel1839 knitting-wire1850 knitting-pin1857 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Arts & Manuf. 491 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 1) VI The needle itself, and thimble will be exhibited in museums with distaffs, spinning-wheels, knitting-wires, [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). knittingadj. /ˈnɪtɪŋ/ Etymology: < knit v. + -ing suffix². That knits, in various senses: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > part of body > [adjective] > knitting parts knitting1532 the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > process of healing of an injury, etc. > [adjective] > uniting knitting1532 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > joining joining1483 knitting1532 conjoining1579 conjunctive1581 junctive1898 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [adjective] > contracted or relaxed frounceless?a1366 brentc1400 brant1483 unbent1594 contracted1603 knotted1632 exporrect1649 exporrected1650 brow-bent1796 knitting1816 gathered1823 knitted1855 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [adjective] > knitting knitting1837 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer Prol. f. cccxxv The delyciousnesse of iestes and of ryme, by queynt knyttyng coloures. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. x. 165 The knitting parts that is to wit the bones, the skin, the Sinewes and such like. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 342/2 Knitting and congealinge Playsters. 1816 Ld. Byron Parisina x, in Siege of Corinth 71 With downcast eyes and knitting brow. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 88 Four knitting young ladies and their knitting mother. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.13..adj.1532
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knittingn.

Compounds

knittingadj.