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Definition: a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest"
Definition: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
Definition: a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
Definition: (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
Definition: something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"
Definition: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
Definition: a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
Definition: A 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.
Definition: One of a variety of shore birds; the red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).