knits

English

Etymology 1

Verb

knits

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

knits (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• skint
• stink
• tinks