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v. i.
To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of 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.
n.
A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.
a.
Entangled; puzzling; knotty.
n.
a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed.
a.
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.
a.
Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak.
n.
The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.
v. t.
To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle.
imp. & p. p.
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a.
Free from knots; without knots.
v. i.
To knit knots for fringe or trimming.
n.
See Knot/rass.
n.
A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians.
n.
A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.
superl.
Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.
superl.
Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.
n.
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.
n.
The cloudberry (Rudus Chamaemorus); -- so called from its knotted stems.
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