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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Network :: Network (n.) A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them..
Knotwort :: Knotwort (n.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum)..
Skein :: Skein (n.) A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot..
Node :: Node (n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
Knot :: Knot (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait..
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..
Breastknot :: Breastknot (n.) A knot of ribbons worn on the breast.
Spooled :: Spool (n.) A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon..
Nodulous :: Nodulous (a.) Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.
Bird''s-tongue :: Bird's-tongue (n.) The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
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..
Intricacy :: Intricacy (n.) The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot..
Unknot :: Unknot (v. t.) To free from knots; to untie.
Knaggy :: Knaggy (a.) Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper..
Inextricable :: Inextricable (a.) Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable confusion..
Knot :: Knot (v. i.) To knit knots for fringe or trimming.
Nodule :: Nodule (n.) A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.
Bend :: Bend (n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post..
Silverback :: Silverback (n.) The knot.
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