Definition of knot

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Knot (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.

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Unknot :: Unknot (v. t.) To free from knots; to untie.
Knotgrass :: Knotgrass (n.) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed.
Trick :: Trick (a.) A knot, braid, or plait of hair..
Gnar :: Gnar (n.) A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr..
Nowes :: Nowes (n. pl.) The marriage knot.
Noose :: Noose (n.) A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn..
Tangle :: Tangle (v.) A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively..
Knot :: Knot (n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne..
Knotting :: Knotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kno.
Nodosity :: Nodosity (n.) A knot; a node.
Knurry :: Knurry (a.) Full of knots.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour..
Geniculate :: Geniculate (v. t.) To form joints or knots on.
Knotty :: Knotty (superl.) Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head..
Centinody :: Centinody (n.) A weed with a stem of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass..
Knotwort :: Knotwort (n.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum)..
Ganglion :: Ganglion (n.) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve..
Knotweed :: Knotweed (n.) See Knot/rass.
Burr :: Burr (n.) The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8..
Petersham :: Petersham (n.) A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material..
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