Cuckold's knot () A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together |
Knot (n.) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling. |
Knot (n.) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself. |
Knot (n.) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon. |
Knot (n.) A bond of union |
Knot (n.) Something not easily solved |
Knot (n.) A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc. |
Knot (n.) A cluster of persons or things |
Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth. |
Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance. |
Knot (n.) A protuberant joint in a plant. |
Knot (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends |
Knot (n.) See Node. |
Knot (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour. |
Knot (n.) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet |
Knot (n.) A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder 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. |
Knot (v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots |
Knot (v. t.) To unite closely |
Knot (v. t.) To entangle or perplex |
Knot (v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc. |
Knot (v. i.) To knit knots for fringe or trimming. |
Knot (v. i.) To copulate |
Pigeon (n.) Any bird of the order Columbae, of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world. |
Pigeon (n.) An unsuspected victim of sharpers |
Pigeon (v. t.) To pluck |
Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity |
Pigeon-hearted (a.) Timid |
Pigeon-livered (a.) Pigeon-hearted. |
Sea pigeon () The common guillemot. |
pigeon hawk merlin Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
pigeon | wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs |
pouter pigeon pouter | one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out |
rock dove rock pigeon Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
wood pigeon ringdove cushat Columba palumbus | Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck |
domestic pigeon | domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food |
roller tumbler tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
homing pigeon homer | pigeon trained to return home |
carrier pigeon | a homing pigeon used to carry messages |
passenger pigeon Ectopistes migratorius | gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct |
knot greyback grayback Calidris canutus | a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere |
pigeon guillemot Cepphus columba | northern Pacific guillemot |
barrel knot blood knot | a knot used for tying fishing leaders together, the ends of the two leaders are wrapped around each other two or three times |
bowline bowline knot | a loop knot that neither slips nor jams |
clay pigeon | target used in skeet or trapshooting |
fisherman's knot true lover's knot truelove knot | a knot for tying the ends of two lines together |
French knot | a stitch made by looping the thread several times around the needle before inserting it into the fabric |
Gordian knot | an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia |
granny knot granny | a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure |
knot | any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object |
loft pigeon loft | a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept |
loop knot | any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope |
love knot lovers' knot lover's knot true lovers' knot true lover's knot | a stylized or decorative knot used as an emblem of love |
Matthew Walker Matthew Walker knot | a kind of stopper knot |
overhand knot | a simple small knot (often used as part of other knots) |
prolonge knot sailor's breastplate | a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage |
reef knot flat knot | a square knot used in a reef line |
sheet bend becket bend weaver's knot weaver's hitch | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
square knot | a double knot made of two half hitches and used to join the ends of two cords |
stool pigeon | a dummy pigeon used to decoy others |
stopper knot | a knot that prevents a rope from passing through a hole |
surgeon's knot | any of several knots used in tying stitches or ligatures |
sword knot | an ornamental tassel on the hilt of a sword |
Windsor knot | a wide triangular slipknot for tying a tie |
slub knot burl | soft lump or unevenness in a yarn, either an imperfection or created by design |
Gordian knot | any very difficult problem, insoluble in its own terms |
cajan pea pigeon pea dahl | small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant |
knot | 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 |
fink snitch snitcher stoolpigeon stool pigeon stoolie sneak sneaker canary | someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police |
poke pigeon berry garget scoke Phytolacca americana | tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackished berries on long drooping racemes, young fleshy stems are edible, berries and root are poisonous |
pigeon pea pigeon-pea plant cajan pea catjang pea red gram dhal dahl Cajanus cajan | tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods, much cultivated in the tropics |
nautical mile mile mi naut mi knot international nautical mile air mile | a unit of length used in navigation, exactly , meters, historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude |
knot gnarl | 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 |
pigeon breast chicken breast | abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets |
black knot | disease of plum and cherry trees characterized by black excrescences on the branches |
pigeon toes | disability in which the toes are turned inward, often associated with knock-knee |
pigeon droppings | droppings of pigeons |
pine knot | a joint of pine wood used for fuel |
knot | a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged, the saw buckled when it hit a knot |