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well-knit, ppl. a.
1. Firmly conjoined or compacted; closely linked or connected.
1445tr. Claudian 43 in Anglia XXVIII. 261 Ner for noise of litel offence [Fidelity] dissoluyth not knottis wele knytte. 1635–56Cowley Davideis i. 380 His spirit contains The well-knit Mass. 1708J. Philips Cyder ii. 458 Anger-kindling Taunt, the certain Bane Of well-knit Fellowship. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. II. xiv. 122 Declaring the will and answers of the gods..in well-knit harangues.
2. Of a person, his frame: Strongly and compactly built, not loose-jointed.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. i. ii. 77 O well-knit Sampson, strong ioynted Sampson. 1674Cotton tr. B. de Montluc's Comm. 179 He was..strong and well knit. 1726Pope Odyss. xviii. 259 Thy well-knit frame. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. iv, Joe was a well-knit, characteristic-looking blacksmith. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer xv, The square form and well-knit figure of an ordinary English aristocrat.
fig.1867M. Arnold Immortality 13 His soul well-knit, and all his battles won. |