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- English Word Knopped Definition Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.
- English Word Knoppern Definition A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and dyeing.
- English Word Knopweed Definition Same as Knapweed.
- English Word Knor Definition See Knur.
- English Word Knosp Definition Same as Knop,2.
- English Word Knot Definition 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.
- English Word Knot Definition A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself.
- English Word Knot Definition An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.
- English Word Knot Definition A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
- English Word Knot Definition Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.
- English Word Knot Definition A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.
- English Word Knot Definition A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians.
- English Word Knot Definition 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.
- English Word Knot Definition A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- English Word Knot Definition A protuberant joint in a plant.
- English Word Knot Definition The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
- English Word Knot Definition See Node.
- English Word Knot Definition 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.
- English Word Knot Definition A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.
- English Word Knot Definition A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.