knits

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪts/
  • Homophone: nits

Etymology 1

Verb

knits

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knit

Noun

knits

  1. plural of knit

Etymology 2

Probably the same word as nit, a louse's egg.

Noun

knits pl (plural only)

  1. (mining, dated) Small particles of ore.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for knits in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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