n. One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Knitting machine,
Knitting needle,
Knitting sheath,
n. [ From Knit. ]
. A kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]