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Knot :: Knot (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..

Knot :: Knot (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.

Gnar :: Gnar (n.) A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr..

Knot :: Knot (n.) 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..

Enodation :: Enodation (n.) The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty..

Tringa :: Tringa (n.) A genus of limicoline birds including many species of sandpipers. See Dunlin, Knot, and Sandpiper..

Wapp :: Wapp (n.) A rope with wall knots in it with which the shrouds are set taut.

Loosen :: Loosen (v. t.) To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth..

Cordelier :: Cordelier (n.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.

Nodulous :: Nodulous (a.) Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.

Node :: Node (n.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece..

Node :: Node (n.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.

Nowed :: Nowed (a.) Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent..

Finial :: Finial (n.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself..

Knarl :: Knarl (n.) A knot in wood. See Gnarl.

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

Snub :: Snub (n.) A knot; a protuberance; a song.

Knot :: Knot (v. i.) To knit knots for fringe or trimming.

Grayback :: Grayback (n.) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot.

Nodose :: Nodose (a.) Knotty; having numerous or conspicuous nodes.

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