(n): a grouping of a number of similar things
(n): any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
(n): restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
(n): a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
(n): the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
(n): something twisted and tight and swollen
(n): a shape resulting from distortion
(n): a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
(n): a linear unit of distance used in navigation
(n): soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
(n): a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
(n): a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
(n): any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
(v): make into knots; make knots out of
(v): make from scratch
(v): tie or fasten into a knot
(v): fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
(v): tangle or complicate
(v): spin,wind, or twist together
A perfectly round knot-hole
in the monumental mason's
fence...
- Peter Reading, Widow, from The Prison Cell and Barrel Mystery, 1976
Thank you, j. We are indeed.
We're knot crazy.