unknit

verb, adj — 3 senses

unknit

verb

Etymology From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit.

1

To unravel.

Exhaustion will unknit even the ordered mind.
Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 229, column 1:

1 more example

[S]he unknit her fingers from those of the King, and rose and stood before him.1904 Christmas, Laura Dayton Fessenden, chapter I, in Hatsu: A Story of Egypt, Highland Park, Ill.: The Canterbury Press, part I, page 4:

2

To undo knitted stitches by reversing the knitting motion.

Synonyms: tink

unknit

adj

Etymology From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit.

1

Not knitted.

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