Definition of knot

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Knot (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.

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Knot :: Knot (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.
Undo :: Undo (v. t.) To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle..
Reglet :: Reglet (n.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column..
Tortulous :: Tortulous (a.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
Knotberry :: Knotberry (n.) The cloudberry (Rudus Chamaemorus); -- so called from its knotted stems.
Nodose :: Nodose (a.) Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.
Wale :: Wale (n.) A wale knot, or wall knot..
Insnarl :: Insnarl (v. t.) To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle; to snarl.
Knot :: Knot (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
Tringa :: Tringa (n.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper..
Clear :: Clear (superl.) Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber..
Wall :: Wall (n.) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.
Nodule :: Nodule (n.) A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.
Epaulette :: Epaulette (n.) A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot..
Knurly :: Knurly (superl.) Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much..
Exostosis :: Exostosis (n.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.
Enode :: Enode (v. t.) To clear of knots; to make clear.
Amoret :: Amoret (n.) A love knot, love token, or love song. (pl.) Love glances or love tricks..
Make :: Make (v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day..
Tangle :: Tangle (n.) To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel..
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