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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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..
Snakeweed :: Snakeweed (n.) A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta).
Nowes :: Nowes (n. pl.) The marriage knot.
Ochreated :: Ochreated (a.) Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass..
Kink :: Kink (v. i.) To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread..
Untie :: Untie (v. t.) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot..
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..
Nodose :: Nodose (a.) Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.
Inknot :: Inknot (v. t.) To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together..
Bowknot :: Bowknot (n.) A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied..
Centinody :: Centinody (n.) A weed with a stem of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass..
Gnar :: Gnar (n.) A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr..
Lightwood :: Lightwood (n.) Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze..
Knurly :: Knurly (superl.) Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much..
Slipknot :: Slipknot (n.) knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made.
Chignon :: Chignon (n.) A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head..
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..
Tress :: Tress (n.) Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers..
Wapp :: Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.
Wall :: Wall (n.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
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