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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Gnarly :: Gnarly (a.) Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.
Shank :: Shank (v.) A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks..
Waft :: Waft (n.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag..
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..
Calculary :: Calculary (n.) A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.
Tress :: Tress (n.) A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet..
Abnodate :: Abnodate (v. t.) To clear (tress) from knots.
Nodosity :: Nodosity (n.) The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness.
Wing :: Wing (n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel..
Brideknot :: Brideknot (n.) A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor.
Gnarl :: Gnarl (n.) a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree..
Snarl :: Snarl (n.) A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty..
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..
Knot :: Knot (n.) Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.
Jointed :: "Jointed (a.) Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) An ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string..
Knotwort :: Knotwort (n.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum)..
Undo :: Undo (v. t.) To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle..
Rose :: Rose (n.) A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe..
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