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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Gnarl :: Gnarl (n.) a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree..
Tress :: Tress (n.) Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers..
Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..
Knarred :: Knarred (a.) Knotty; gnarled.
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A knot; a fastening.
Innodate :: Innodate (v. t.) To bind up,as in a knot; to include..
Knarl :: Knarl (n.) A knot in wood. See Gnarl.
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..
Nodosity :: Nodosity (n.) The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness.
Nodulous :: Nodulous (a.) Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.
Nowed :: Nowed (a.) Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent..
Snarl :: Snarl (v. t.) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread..
Knotberry :: Knotberry (n.) The cloudberry (Rudus Chamaemorus); -- so called from its knotted stems.
Calculary :: Calculary (n.) A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.
Knot :: Knot (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
Bend :: Bend (n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post..
Knit :: Knit (v. t.) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying..
Knit :: Knit (v. i.) To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
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..
Silverback :: Silverback (n.) The knot.
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