Kneading

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knead \Knead\ (n[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kneaded}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Kneading}.] [OE. kneden, As. cnedan; akin to D.
     kneden, G. kneten, Sw. kn[*a]da, Icel. kno[eth]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.
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              The kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of
              the oven, and the baking.             --Shak.
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     2. Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
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              I will knead him : I'll make him supple. --Shak.
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     3. To press repeatedly with the hands or knuckles, sometimes
        with a twisting or squeezing motion; -- performed for
        example on the body of a person as a form of massage.
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     {Kneading trough}, a trough or tray in which dough is
        kneaded. --Ex. viii. 3.
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