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Webster 1913 Edition

Knead

Knead

(nēd)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Kneaded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Kneading
.]
[OE.
kneden
, As.
cnedan
; akin to D.
kneden
, G.
kneten
, Sw.
knåda
, Icel.
knoða
; 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.
Shakespeare
2.
Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
I will
knead
him : I’ll make him supple.
Shakespeare
Kneading trough
,
a trough or tray in which dough is kneaded.
Ex. viii. 3.

Webster 1828 Edition

Knead

KNEAD

,
Verb.
T.
nead. To work and press ingredients into a mass, usually with the hands; particularly, to work into a well mixed mass the materials of bread, cake or paste; as, to knead dough.
The cake she kneaded was the savory meat.

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