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- English Word Knot Definition A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.
- English Word Knot Definition A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians.
- English Word Knot Definition A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.
- English Word Knot Definition A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- English Word Knot Definition A protuberant joint in a plant.
- English Word Knot Definition The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
- English Word Knot Definition See Node.
- English Word Knot Definition 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.
- English Word Knot Definition A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.
- English Word Knot Definition A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.
- English Word Knot Definition A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.
- English Word Knot Definition To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle.
- English Word Knot Definition To unite closely; to knit together.
- English Word Knot Definition To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
- English Word Knot Definition To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.
- English Word Knot Definition To knit knots for fringe or trimming.
- English Word Knot Definition To copulate; -- said of toads.
- English Word Knotberry Definition The cloudberry (Rudus Chamaemorus); -- so called from its knotted stems.
- English Word Knotgrass Definition a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed.
- English Word Knotgrass Definition The dog grass. See under Dog.
- English Word Knotless Definition Free from knots; without knots.
- English Word Knotted Definition of Knot
- English Word Knotted Definition Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak.
- English Word Knotted Definition Interwoven; matted; entangled.
- English Word Knotted Definition Having intersecting lines or figures.
- English Word Knotted Definition 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.
- English Word Knotted Definition Entangled; puzzling; knotty.
- English Word Knottiness Definition The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.
- English Word Knottiness Definition Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication.
- English Word Knotting Definition of Knot