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Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..

Knot :: Knot (v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled..

Redbreast :: Redbreast (n.) The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot..

Waft :: Waft (n.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself..

Sea Snipe :: Sea snipe () A sandpiper, as the knot and dunlin..

Burl :: Burl (v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth..

Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..

Bird''s-tongue :: Bird's-tongue (n.) The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).

Knot :: Knot (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour..

Knot :: Knot (v. i.) To knit knots for fringe or trimming.

Untie :: Untie (v. t.) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot..

Knarry :: Knarry (a.) Knotty; gnarled.

Slipknot :: Slipknot (n.) knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made.

Ganglion :: Ganglion (n.) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve..

Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak..

Gnarl :: Gnarl (n.) a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree..

Shank :: Shank (v.) A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks..

Tangle :: Tangle (v.) A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively..

Knot :: Knot (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.

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