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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] cnotta; akin to Old High German ''knoto'' knot
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : an interlacement of the parts of one or more [[flexible]] bodies forming a lump or knob (as for fastening or tying together)
:b : the lump or knob so formed
:c : a tight constriction or the sense of constriction <my stomach was all in knots>
*2: something hard to solve : [[problem]] <a matter full of [[legal]] knots>
*3: a [[bond]] of [[union]]; especially : the [[marriage]] bond
*4a : a protuberant lump or swelling in tissue <a knot in a gland>
:b : the base of a woody branch enclosed in the stem from which it arises; also : its section in lumber
*5: a cluster of [[persons]] or things : [[group]]
*6: an ornamental bow of ribbon : cockade
*7a : a division of the log's line serving to [[measure]] a ship's [[speed]]
:b (1) : one nautical mile per hour (2) : one nautical mile —not used technically
*8: a closed curve in [[three]]-dimensional [[space]]
==Description==
A '''knot''' is a [[method]] of fastening or securing [[linear]] material such as rope by tying or [[interweaving]]. It may consist of a length of one or several segments of rope, string, webbing, twine, strap, or even chain interwoven such that the line can bind to itself or to some other object—the "load". Knots have been the subject of interest for their [[ancient]] [[origins]], their common uses, and the area of [[mathematics]] known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_theory knot theory].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot]
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] cnotta; akin to Old High German ''knoto'' knot
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : an interlacement of the parts of one or more [[flexible]] bodies forming a lump or knob (as for fastening or tying together)
:b : the lump or knob so formed
:c : a tight constriction or the sense of constriction <my stomach was all in knots>
*2: something hard to solve : [[problem]] <a matter full of [[legal]] knots>
*3: a [[bond]] of [[union]]; especially : the [[marriage]] bond
*4a : a protuberant lump or swelling in tissue <a knot in a gland>
:b : the base of a woody branch enclosed in the stem from which it arises; also : its section in lumber
*5: a cluster of [[persons]] or things : [[group]]
*6: an ornamental bow of ribbon : cockade
*7a : a division of the log's line serving to [[measure]] a ship's [[speed]]
:b (1) : one nautical mile per hour (2) : one nautical mile —not used technically
*8: a closed curve in [[three]]-dimensional [[space]]
==Description==
A '''knot''' is a [[method]] of fastening or securing [[linear]] material such as rope by tying or [[interweaving]]. It may consist of a length of one or several segments of rope, string, webbing, twine, strap, or even chain interwoven such that the line can bind to itself or to some other object—the "load". Knots have been the subject of interest for their [[ancient]] [[origins]], their common uses, and the area of [[mathematics]] known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_theory knot theory].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot]
[[Category: General Reference]]