Part 6294

<h1>Knot</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knot</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.</def>

<blockquote>Cut hay when it begins to <b>knot</b>. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To knit knots for fringe or trimming.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To copulate; -- said of toads.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Knotberry</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knot"ber`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The cloudberry (<spn>Rudus Cham\'91morus</spn>); -- so called from its knotted stems.</def>

<h1>Knotgrass</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knot"grass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>a common weed with jointed stems <spn>(Polygonum aviculare)</spn>; knotweed.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The dog grass. See under <er>Dog</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; An infusion of <spn>Polygonum aviculare</spn> was once supposed to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal, and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, "hindering <i>knotgrass</i>."</note>

<blockquote>We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept under for a year with milk and <b>knotgrass</b>. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knotless</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knot"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Free from knots; without knots.</def> "Silver firs with <i>knotless</i> trunks."

<i>Congreve.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knotted</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knot"ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of knots; having knots knurled; <as>as, a <ex>knotted</ex> cord; the <ex>knotted</ex> oak.</as></def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Interwoven; matted; entangled.</def>

<blockquote>Make . . . thy <b>knotted</b> and combined locks to part. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Having intersecting lines or figures.</def>

<blockquote>The west corner of thy curious <b>knotted</b> garden. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; <as>as, <ex>knotted</ex> rocks</as>.</def>

<i>Percival.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Entangled; puzzling; knotty.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>They're catched in <b>knotted</b> lawlike nets. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knottiness</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knot"ti*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Knotty</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.</def>