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