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 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 knob, lump, swelling, or
protuberance.
A protuberant joint in a plant.
The point on which the action of a story
depends; the gist of a matter.
See Node.
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 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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