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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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Centinody :: Centinody (n.) A weed with a stem of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass..

Noils :: Noils (n. pl.) Waste and knots of wool removed by the comb; combings.

Knot :: Knot (n.) A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc..

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

Tress :: Tress (n.) A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet..

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..

Knurly :: Knurly (superl.) Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much..

Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling..

Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc..

Sleave :: Sleave (n.) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.

Elflock :: Elflock (n.) Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves..

Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A knot; a fastening.

Knurl :: Knurl (n.) A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.

Stopper :: Stopper (n.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something..

Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Entangled; puzzling; knotty.

Exostosis :: Exostosis (n.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, tight cloth; a tight knot..

Knot :: Knot (n.) Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.

Geniculate :: Geniculate (v. t.) To form joints or knots on.