misknit

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To knit incorrectly

   To knit incorrectly; to make an error in one's knitting.

   • There are a great many people who seem to think that religion means not doing wrong. As if a knitting machine would be considered good that never knit any stockings, because it never misknit!
   • For a man now nearly forgotten except as an evil misknit in the Great Tapestry of the Hero's life, General Adolphus W. Greely's 91 years of life were filled with such variety and intensity of experience as few persons will ever match.
   • Alternatively, needles may misknit but still take the new yarn, a process called tucking.
2. 2

   Improperly fused or joined together.

   • Misknit bones had made his crooked legs a trifle crookeder, but he could run again and attest the vigor of his lungs by a lusty bark.
3. 3

   Improperly knitted.

   • Private Wyer, who was diligently cleaning his shrapnel barrel with a misknit helmet, looked up warningly.

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