Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of fancy work made with twisted and knotted threads, and closely imitating some old forms of lace.
- noun In cloth-manuf., the operation of removing knots from cloths with tweezers.
- noun A kind of cement especially useful for metals and as a covering for protection from the weather. It is made with red lead, carefully ground, and thinned with boiled oil and a little turpentine.
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- verb Present participle of
knot . - noun The formation of a
knot .
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Examples
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Pedestrians, loaded down, with furniture, had succeeded in knotting up traffic so that it could barely move.
Here Come the Martians! « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2007
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Also, I relaly like the idea of knotting random pretty fabric strips on the umbrella poles, I might have to do that too…
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Also, I relaly like the idea of knotting random pretty fabric strips on the umbrella poles, I might have to do that too…
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Another variety of knotting, which is still occasionally used, resembles _bullion_, being made into a long roll.
Handbook of Embroidery L. Higgin 1852
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He has difficulty with spelling and reading, and it takes him several minutes to perform simple functions such as knotting a tie.
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
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SET-UP / PAY-OFF ( "knotting" and "unknotting" the threads of your story)
Cineuropa 2009
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DALLAS -- Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, knotting the Western Conference finals at one game each.
Thunder Beat Mavericks 106-100, Tie Series At 1 The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Daughtry dashed into the cabin, came back with a pillow and three sheets, and, using the first as a pad and knotting the last together in swift weaver's knots, he left the Ancient Mariner safe and soft and took Michael back into his own arms.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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But if she looked lily-frail in her elemental environment, she was belied by the grip she put upon Pierre's hand, by the knotting of her woman's biceps as it took the weight of her body, by the splendid effort of her limbs as they held her out from the perpendicular bank while she made the ascent.
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DALLAS -- Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, knotting the Western Conference finals at one game each.
Thunder Beat Mavericks 106-100, Tie Series At 1 The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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One particular physiological quirk that’s ubiquitous in Omegaverse stories, called knotting, comes from a real feature of wolves’ penises, which swell during intercourse, causing the mating pair to remain physically bound to increase the chance of insemination.
A Feud in Wolf-Kink Erotica Raises a Deep Legal Question By 2020
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