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Knot

noun

1.

A tight cluster of people or things. "The bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest"

2.

Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object.

3.

A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged.

4.

Something twisted and tight and swollen. Synonym: gnarl. "The old man's fists were two great gnarls" , "His stomach was in knots"

5.

A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude. Synonyms: air mile, international nautical mile, mi, mile, naut mi, nautical mile.

6.

Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design. Synonyms: burl, slub.

7.

A sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere. Synonyms: Calidris canutus, grayback, greyback.

verb

(past & past part. knotted; pres. part. knotting)

1.

Make into knots; make knots out of.

2.

Tie or fasten into a knot.

3.

Tangle or complicate. Synonyms: ravel, tangle. Antonyms: unravel, unknot.

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"Knot" Quotes from Famous Books

... day invited to dine with one of the servants of the Tuileries; and, before his arrival, a person in company had been decorated with a knot of lace and a gold key, such as chamberlains wear; he was introduced to Poinsinet as the Count de Truchses, chamberlain to the King of Prussia. After dinner the conversation fell upon the Count's visit to Paris; when his Excellency, with a mysterious air, vowed that he ...

— The Paris Sketch Book Of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh • William Makepeace Thackeray

... boy who is to tend the calves in the kraal, while his fellows sport and romp about, is selected by lot: "As many blades of grass as there are boys are taken, and a knot is made on the end of one of them. The biggest boy holds the blades between the fingers and thumb of his closed hand, and whoever draws the blade with the knot has to act as herdsman" (543. 221). Nowadays, children are employed to turn roulette-wheels, sort cards, pick out lottery-tickets, ...

— The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought • Alexander F. Chamberlain

... calls two half hitches," commented Hart instantly. "A very serviceable knot, which will resist to the ...

— The Postmaster's Daughter • Louis Tracy

... of answer the man proceeded to open the bag. He took out a parcel wrapped loosely in brown paper, and about the size of a large book. It was tied with string, and the man seemed unnecessarily long untying the knot. When at last the string was off and the paper unfolded, there appeared a series of smaller packages inside. The man took them out very carefully, almost as if they had been alive, Blake thought, and set them in a ...

— The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories • Algernon Blackwood

... a knot on my handkerchief till such time as I can give my mind to it.... Now, my dear (to King), make no more delay. It is right to drink it down after your meal. The stomach to be bare empty, the medicine might prey upon the body till it would be wore ...

— Three Wonder Plays • Lady I. A. Gregory

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