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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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Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak..

Knotless :: Knotless (a.) Free from knots; without knots.

Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Interwoven; matted; entangled.

Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig..

Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Having intersecting lines or figures.

Knot :: Knot (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.

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

Gnarled :: Gnarled (a.) Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.

Inknot :: Inknot (v. t.) To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together..

Burl :: Burl (n.) An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences..

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

Tringa :: Tringa (n.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper..

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..

Friezed :: Friezed (a.) Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t., 2..

Wapp :: Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

Snag :: Snag (n.) A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance..

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..

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) Knotty; difficult.

Gnarl :: Gnarl (n.) a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree..

Knarred :: Knarred (a.) Knotty; gnarled.