Definition of knot

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Knot (n.) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots..

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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..
Colt :: Colt (n.) A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.
Geniculate :: Geniculate (v. t.) To form joints or knots on.
Hydropiper :: Hydropiper (n.) A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acrid foliage; water pepper; smartweed.
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..
Knotberry :: Knotberry (n.) The cloudberry (Rudus Chamaemorus); -- so called from its knotted stems.
Nowes :: Nowes (n. pl.) The marriage knot.
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel..
Friezed :: Friezed (a.) Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t., 2..
Node :: Node (n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
Innodate :: Innodate (v. t.) To bind up,as in a knot; to include..
Petersham :: Petersham (n.) A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material..
Burl :: Burl (v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth..
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..
Burr :: Burr (n.) The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8..
Nodosity :: Nodosity (n.) The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness.
Knot :: Knot (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
Knottiness :: Knottiness (n.) Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication.
Nur :: Nur (n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey..
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..
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