Definition of knot

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Knot (v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled..

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Rose :: Rose (n.) A knot of ribbon formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe..
Fag :: Fag (n.) A knot or coarse part in cloth.
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine..
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) Knotty; difficult.
Knotty :: Knotty (superl.) Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head..
Knotted :: Knotted (a.) Having intersecting lines or figures.
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..
Nowed :: Nowed (a.) Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent..
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..
Tringa :: Tringa (n.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper..
Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc..
Shank :: Shank (v.) A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks..
Knottiness :: Knottiness (n.) Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication.
Node :: Node (n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
Skein :: Skein (n.) A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot..
Knotless :: Knotless (a.) Free from knots; without knots.
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..
Gnarled :: Gnarled (a.) Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
Knarred :: Knarred (a.) Knotty; gnarled.
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..
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