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knitter|ˈnɪtə(r)|
[f. knit v. + -er1.]
1. One who or that which ties, knots, unites, or closely joins together. lit. and fig.
c1440J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. iv. 2311 On oo god I beleue..I beleue on Ihesu..I leue in the goost, knettere of hem too. 1587Golding De Mornay xiv. 225 Wee see in mans body..a greate nomber of sinewes, Fleshstrings, and knitters. 1604Dekker Honest Wh. Wks. 1873 II. 74 He means this day to be married..Frier Anselmo is the Knitter.
2. One who knits or works up yarn or thread into a looped texture, for hosiery, etc.
c1515Cocke Lorell's B. 10 Spynsters, carders, and cappe knytters. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. ii. iv. 45 The Spinsters and the Knitters in the Sun. 1723Lond. Gaz. No. 6224/9 Thomas Pratchitt, late of Nottingham, Frame Work Knitter. 1778Johnson in Boswell 7 Apr., A knitter of stockings. 1834–7Southey Doctor, (title) T' terrible Knitters e' Dent. 1844G. Dodd Textile Manuf. vii. 209 A frame⁓work knitter (the technical name for a stocking maker).
b. A knitting-machine.
1890Chicago Advance 12 June, Some sort of an invention..a knitter.
†3. (app.) Some knitted article of dress. Obs.
1530in Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 145 My wyfes best cap, her best gowne, her best kyntter. 1532Ibid. 105 His eldest dowter a cape and a knytter—to the ijnd dowter a aprone and a knytter. 1534Ibid. 107 A cap with a knytter. |