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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Knīt'tle, n.

noun

(nĭt'tl), n. [Eng. knit.]

  1. A string that gathers or draws together a purse.
  2. (Naut.) A small line, composed of two or three yarns twisted together, used for various purposes, as for seizings, or hammock clews, or in pointing and grafting. Totten.