Definition of knot

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Knot (v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle..

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Spooled :: Spool (n.) A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon..
Tuft :: Tuft (n.) A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers..
Burl :: Burl (v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth..
Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Interwoven; matted; entangled.
Knaggy :: Knaggy (a.) Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper..
Knot :: Knot (n.) A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc..
Cicisbeo :: Cicisbeo (n.) A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc..
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..
Maybird :: Maybird (n.) The knot.
Gordian :: Gordian (a.) Pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia, or to a knot tied by him; hence, intricate; complicated; inextricable..
Knit :: Knit (v. t.) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying..
Network :: Network (n.) A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them..
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..
Burl :: Burl (n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
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..
Knot :: Knot (v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle..
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot..
Exostosis :: Exostosis (n.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.
Node :: Node (n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth..
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