Knives

nivz. A cutting instrument having a blade with a sharp edge and a handle. the Knight, nit, n. A military attendant; a follower: a partisan; champion: lover; one admitted, in feudal times, to a certain military rank, with or special ceremonies; in Eng., one on whom a dignity next — v. i. by below that of baronet is conand ferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addre ed as Sir; a piece in the game of che , wooden usually bearing a horse's head. as of — v. t. To dub or create a etc. knight. — Knight'ly, -1Y, a. Pert, to, or becoming, a knight. — adv. In a manner becoming, cooketc. — K n i g h t'l i n e s s, n. — dis- Knight'hood, -hdod, n. Chartail acter, dignity, or condition of a knight; the whole body of knights at a particular time. Knit, nit, v. t. [knit or knitted, -ting.] To form into a knot or into knots: to tie; to form, by the interlooping of yarn or thread in a series of ■ connected knots, by means oi ■ needles; to join, cause to grow together; to unite closely, connect; to draw together, con- Knight in full and tract.— v.i. To unite or weave Armor. anything by making knots; to be united closely.— Knot, not, n. A complication of threads, cords, or ropes, formed by a cat. tying, knitting, or entangling, impulse which resists separation; abond seize of union; connection; something not easily solved; a difficulty; perplexity; a figure, the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven; a collection; band; clique; a joint in the stem of a slaughplant; a hard place in wood caused; risby fibers pa ing transversely acro the grain, as at the insertion To bite, of a branch; a protuberance. — v. i. (Naut.) A division of the log-line, serving to measure the rate of the Knots. ve el's motion. A nautical mile of 6,086.7 ft. (Ornith.) A bird allied, double single knot; 6, c, to the snipe. — v. t. To form a knot; to unite closely; to entangle; figure of 8 knot; d. over-hand knot; perplex. — v. i. To form knots or joints. — Knot'ty, -tY, a. [-tier, e, bowline knot. -tiest.] Having many knots; hard; rugged; difficult; intricate; perplexed. Knives. See Knife.