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knitch

/nɪt͡ʃ/

knitch noun: a small bundle.

Noun

knitch (plural knitches)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) A small bundle.
    • a knitch of wheat
    • Hee brought-in likevvise the ancient cuſtome againe, that in vvhat moneth hee had not the Knitches of rods vvith Axes borne before him, a publique Officer called Accensvs ſhould huiſher him before, and the Serjeants or Lictours follovv after behinde.1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […]...

Forms of knitch

pluralknitches
alternative formnitch

Origin of knitch

From Middle English knicche (“bundle (of brush, weeds), bunch, sheaf”), from Old English ġecnyċċ (“bond”), deverbative of ġecnyċċan, cnyċċan (“to tie, bind together, connect”), from Proto-Germanic *knukkijaną; akin to Lithuanian gniáužti (“to close one’s hand”).

Words that rhyme with knitch

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Questions about knitch

What does knitch mean?
Knitch means a small bundle.
What part of speech is knitch?
Knitch is a noun.
How do you pronounce knitch?
Knitch is pronounced /nɪt͡ʃ/.
What is the plural of knitch?
The plural of knitch is knitches.

Words near knitch in the dictionary

  1. knitalongs
  2. knitathon
  3. knitathons
  4. knitback
  5. knitbone
  6. knitch
  7. knitches
  8. knitfluencer
  9. knitfluencers
  10. knitlike
  11. knits

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