Definitions of knot
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To
form
knots
or
joints,
as
in
plants;
to
knit
knots
or
fringe.
See
Knit.
-
To
tie
in
a
knot;
form
knots
or
joints,
as
in
plants;
gather
in
a
knot.
-
To
tie
in
or
with,
or
form
into,
a
knot
or
knots;
to
form
a
knot
on,
as
a
rope;
to
entangle.
-
To
unite
closely;
to
knit
together.
-
To
entangle
or
perplex;
to
puzzle.
-
To
tie
in
a
knot;
unite
firmly
or
closely.
-
To
tie
in
a
knot:
to
unite
closely.
-
To
tie
in
a
knot.
-
To
form
knots
or
joints,
as
in
a
cord,
a
plant,
etc.;
to
become
entangled.
-
To
knit
knots
for
fringe
or
trimming.
-
To
copulate; -
said
of
toads.
-
From
knots
or
joints;
make
knots
for
fringe.
-
To
form
knots
or
joints:
to
knit
knots
for
a
fringe:-
pr.
p.
knotting;
pa.
t.
and
pa.
p.
knotted.
-
tie
or
fasten
into
a
knot
-
tangle
or
complicate; "
a
ravelled
story"
-
To
complicate
or
tie
in
a
knot;
to
entangle;
to
perplex;
to
unite
closely.
-
To
tie;
to
unite;
to
form
knots
or
joints.
-
Knotting.
-
a
tight
cluster
of
people
or
things; "
a
small
knot
of
women
listened
to
his
sermon"
-
a
hard
cross-
grained
round
piece
of
wood
in
a
board
where
a
branch
emerged; "
the
saw
buckled
when
it
hit
a
knot"
-
a
sandpiper
that
breeds
in
the
arctic
and
winters
in
the
southern
hemisphere
-
tie
or
fasten
into
a
knot; "
knot
the
shoelaces"
-
make
into
knots;
make
knots
out
of; "
She
knotted
der
fingers"
-
A
fastening
together
of
the
pars
or
ends
of
one
or
more
threads,
cords,
ropes,
etc.,
by
any
one
of
various
ways
of
tying
or
entangling.
-
A
lump
or
loop
formed
in
a
thread,
cord,
rope.
etc.,
as
at
the
end,
by
tying
or
interweaving
it
upon
itself.
-
An
ornamental
tie,
as
of
a
ribbon.
-
A
bond
of
union;
a
connection;
a
tie.
-
Something
not
easily
solved;
an
intricacy;
a
difficulty;
a
perplexity;
a
problem.
-
A
figure
the
lines
of
which
are
interlaced
or
intricately
interwoven,
as
in
embroidery,
gardening,
etc.
-
A
cluster
of
persons
or
things;
a
collection;
a
group;
a
hand;
a
clique;
as,
a
knot
of
politicians.
-
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.
-
A
protuberant
joint
in
a
plant.
-
The
point
on
which
the
action
of
a
story
depends;
the
gist
of
a
matter.
-
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.
-
A
nautical
mile,
or
6080.
27
feet;
as,
when
a
ship
goes
eight
miles
an
hour,
her
speed
is
said
to
be
eight
knots.
-
A
kind
of
epaulet.
See
Shoulder
knot.
-
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.
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An
interweaving
or
tying
of
thread
or
cord,
etc.;
anything
resembling
a
knot;
entanglement;
difficulty;
a
hard
part
in
a
piece
of
wood;
part
of
a
tree
where
the
branches
shoot
out;
a
nautical
mile
or
2,
025
yards;
bond
of
union;
group;
the
red-
breasted
sandpiper.
-
A
wading
bird
much
resembling
a
snipe,
said
in
Drayton's
Polyolbion
to
be
named
from
king
Canute,
with
whom
it
was
a
favorite
article
of
food.
-
Anything
confusedly
fastened
or
twisted,
as
threads,
etc.:
a
figure
the
lines
of
which
are
interlaced:
a
bond
of
union:
a
difficulty:
a
cluster:
the
part
of
a
tree
where
a
branch
shoots
out:
an
epaulet:
pad
for
supporting
burdens
carried
on
the
head: (
naut.)
a
division
of
the
log-
line,
a
mile.
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KNOTTINESS.
-
A
tie;
joint
of
a
plant;
insertion
of
a
branch.
-
Knotted,
knotty.
-
A
fastening
of
a
rope,
cord,
or
the
like,
by
intertwining.
See
illus.
on
preceding
page.
-
An
ornamental
bow.
-
A
gnarled
portion
of
a
tree -
trunk,
where
a
branch
has
grown
out;
a
joint
in
a
stem,
as
of
grass.
-
A
nautical
mile.
-
The
complication
of
a
thread
or
cord,
made
by
tying
or
interlacing;
hard
part
of
wood
due
to
the
fibres
interlacing;
a
nodule;
a
figure,
the
lines
of
which
frequently
interlace
each
other;
difficulty;
intricacy;
something
not
easily
solved;
a
bond
of
association
or
union;
a
cluster;
a
collection;
a
group,
as
of
persons;
a
protuberant
joint
of
a
plant;
a
division
of
the
log-
line,
serving
to
measure
the
rate
of
a
vessel's
motion,
the
number
of
knots
which
run
off
from
the
reel
in
half
a
minute
showing
the
number
of
miles
the
vessel
sails
in
an
hour;
a
nautical
mile,
6080
ft.;
an
epaulette.
-
A
wading
bird
of
the
snipe
kind.
-
A
tie;
an
interweaving
or
uniting
of
thread,
cord,
or
rope
at
one
point;
any
bond
of
union;
a
dark
hard
part
in
wood;
a
collection;
a
group;
a
small
band;
a
difficulty;
something
so
intricate
as
not
easily
to
be
solved;
among
seamen,
a
division
of
the
log-
line,
so
called
from
the
line
being
divided
into
equal
parts
of
50
ft.
by
pieces
of
string
rove
through
the
strands;
the
rate
at
which
a
ship
sails
at
sea,
the
rate
and
distance
being
measured
by
the
knots
run
out
in
half
a
minute-
thus
nine
knots
run
out
in
half
a
minute
denote
sailing
at
the
rate
of
nine
nautical
miles
per
hour;
a
nautical
mile;
in
bot.,
a
swelling
in
some
stems
where
the
attachment
of
the
leaves
takes
place.
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In
wood,
the
base
of
a
branch
surrounded
by
new
layers
of
wood
and
hardened
by
pressure;
in
nuclear-
meshwork,
the
small
particles
of
chromatin
where
the
meshes
cross.
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