Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KNEAD, v.t. [nead; Sax. cnædan; G. kneten; D. kneeden; Dan. kneder; Sw. knåda.]

To work and press ingredients into a mass, usually with the hands; particularly, to work into a well mixed mass the materials of bread, cake or paste; as, to knead dough. The cake she kneaded was the savory meat. – Prior.