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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Knead \Knead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kneaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kneading}.] [OE. kneden, As. cnedan; akin to D. kneden, G. kneten, Sw. kn[?]da, Icel. kno[?]a; cf. OSlav. gnesti.] 1. To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough. The kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of the oven, and the baking. --Shak. 2. Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat. I will knead him : I'll make him supple. --Shak. {Kneading trough}, a trough or tray in which dough is kneaded. --Ex. viii. 3. | |
