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Definition of knot

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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..

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Fag :: Fag (n.) A knot or coarse part in cloth.

Knottiness :: Knottiness (n.) Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication.

Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks..

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..

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..

Knot :: Knot (v. t.) To unite closely; to knit together.

Redbreast :: Redbreast (n.) The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot..

Wing :: Wing (n.) An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.

Waft :: Waft (n.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag..

Knotty :: Knotty (superl.) Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head..

Knarl :: Knarl (n.) A knot in wood. See Gnarl.

Enode :: Enode (v. t.) To clear of knots; to make clear.

Inextricable :: Inextricable (a.) Incapable of being extricated, untied, or disentangled; hopelessly intricate, confused, or obscure; as, an inextricable knot or difficulty; inextricable confusion..

Joint :: "Joint (n.) The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg..

Ganglion :: Ganglion (n.) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve..

Cordelier :: Cordelier (n.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.

Calculary :: Calculary (n.) A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.

Knotgrass :: Knotgrass (n.) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed.

Node :: Node (n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.

Gnarly :: Gnarly (a.) Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.