[f. KNIT v.]
† 1. The style or stitch in which anything is knitted; knitted work; texture. Obs.
1596. Shaks., Tam. Shr., IV. i. 95. Let … their garters [be] of an indifferent knit.
1603. Q. Eliz. Wardr., in Leisure H. (1884), 739/2. A paire of sleeves of gold and silver knytt.
2. Knitting, uniting of parts. rare.
1892. Pall Mall Gaz., 4 Oct., 7/1. A Palmist on Mr. George Grossmith…. He has the knits of order but no science.
3. Contraction or wrinkle (of the brow).
1895. Daily News, 29 Jan., 5/4. He … has … a permanent knit of the brow.
4. Mining: see quot. (Perh. properly nit.)
1881. Raymond, Mining Gloss., Knits or Knots, small particles of ore.
