LekhoriLekhoriA looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
Climbers must make sure that all knots are both secure and of types that will not weaken the rope.
A tangled clump of hair or similar.
The nurse was brushing knots from the protesting child's hair.
One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
My foot-boy shall eat pheasants, calvered salmons, / Knots, godwits, lampreys: I myself will have / The beards of barbels, served instead of salads […]
From Middle English knotte, from Old English cnotta, from Proto-West Germanic *knottō, from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, *knudô (“knot”); probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”). Se...
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To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
She knotted her brow in concentration while attempting to unravel the tangled strands.
To unite closely; to knit together.
The party of the papists in England are become more knotted, both in dependence towards Spain, and amongst themselves.