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Definition of knot

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Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.

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Knotwort :: Knotwort (n.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum)..

Favor :: Favor (n.) A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding..

Knotty :: Knotty (superl.) Difficult; intricate; perplexed.

Nodulous :: Nodulous (a.) Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.

Hydropiper :: Hydropiper (n.) A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acrid foliage; water pepper; smartweed.

Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter..

Kink :: Kink (v. i.) To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread..

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

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

Knag :: Knag (n.) A knot in wood; a protuberance.

Calculary :: Calculary (n.) A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.

Chignon :: Chignon (n.) A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head..

Tress :: Tress (n.) Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers..

Snick :: Snick (n.) A knot or irregularity in yarn.

Cuckold''s Knot :: Cuckold's knot () A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck..

Reglet :: Reglet (n.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column..

Tortulous :: Tortulous (a.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.

Burl :: Burl (n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

Burl :: Burl (n.) An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences..

Gnarled :: Gnarled (a.) Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.