Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KNIT, v.t. [nit; pret. and pp. knit or knitted. Sax. cnyttan; Sw. knyta; Dan. knytter; probably L. nodo, whence nodus, Eng. knot.]

1. To unite, as threads by needles; to connect in a kind of net-work; as, to knit a stocking.
2. To unite closely; as, let our hearts be knit together in love.
3. To join or cause to grow together. Nature can not knit the bones, while the parts are under a discharge. – Wiseman.
4. To tie; to fasten. And he saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as it were a great sheet knit at the four corners. Acts x.
5. To draw together; to contract; as, to knit the brows.