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Knot
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KNOT
KNOT (1450 AM) and FM translator K265CI (100.9) are commercial radio stations in Prescott, Arizona, simulcasting to the Flagstaff-Prescott, Arizona, area. In August 2011, the stations dropped classic country and switched to a 1960s oldies format. Bo Woods, who worked at Los Angeles oldies station K... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KNOT
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The term knot is applied on shipboard to a division of the log-line which is the same fraction of a mile as half a minute is of an hour, that is, it is the hundred and twentieth part of a nautical mile; hence, the number of knots run off the reel in half a minute showed the vessel's speed per hour i... Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RK.HTM
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A localized abnormal swelling; a gall. Found op http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_K.htm
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The unit of speed used in navigation. It is equal to one nautical mile (6076.115 feet or 1852 meters) per hour. Found op http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/swces/products/glossary.htm
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Measurement of nautical miles per hour (but nobody says that or knots per hour!). Found op http://www.bized.co.uk/virtual/cb/glossary/glossary2.htm
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[n] - a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged 2. [n] - something twisted and tight and swollen 3. [n] - a tight cluster of people or things 4. [n] - any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another ... Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=knot
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A nautical term for speed: one nautical mile per hour. Also a term indicating a method of tying a line. Found op http://www.go-sail.co.uk/dglossk.html
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A speed of 1 nautical mile per hour.ttle='Velocity';xiunt='ms-1';yiunt='knot';mconv=0.5144444;cconv=0.0; See also: Nautical Mile, SI Units, Velocity. Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/k/n/knot/source.html
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Intertwinement of parts of one or more ropes, cords, or strings, to bind them together or to other objects. It is constructed so that the strain on the knot will draw it tighter. Bends or hitches... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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A nautical unit of speed being equal to one nautical mile (6,080ft) per hour. To convert knots to miles per hour multiply by 1·15.
Found op http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary/
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In lumber, the portion of a branch or limb of a tree that appears on the edge or face of the piece. Found op http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/glossaryk.shtml
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a knot is formed when a branch becomes embedded in the trunk. While they can increase the resistance of timber to splitting, they can seriously effect the bending strength of joists, floorboards etc. See wood. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935
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One nautical mile per hour/1.85 kph/1.15 mph. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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Knot noun [ Middle English knot , knotte , Anglo-Saxon cnotta ; akin to Dutch knot , Old High German chnodo , chnoto , German knoten , Icelandic kn...tr , Swedish knut , Danish knude... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/16
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Knot transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Knotted ; present participle & verbal noun Knotting .] 1. To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/16
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Knot intransitive verb 1. To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled. « Cut hay when it begins to knot .» Mortimer. 2. To knit knots for fringe or trimming. 3. To copu... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/16
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1. To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled. 'Cut hay when it begins to knot.' (Mortimer) ... 2. To knit knots for fringe or trimming. ... 3. To copulate; said of toads. ... 1. A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc, by any... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?knot
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greyback 2 grayback 2 Calidris canutus noun a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=knot
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noun any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=knot
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noun a tight cluster of people or things; `a small knot of women listened to his sermon` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=knot
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verb tie or fasten into a knot; `knot the shoelaces` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=knot
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verb make into knots; make knots out of; `She knotted der fingers` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=knot
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(not) an intertwining of the ends or parts of one or more threads, sutures, or strips of cloth. in anatomy, a knoblike swelling or protuberance. surgeon's knot , surgical knot a knot in which the thread is passed twice through the first loop and once through... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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• (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter. • (v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. • (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. • (n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the nor... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/knot/
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(from the article `wood`) Relatively more important from the practical point of view is variation caused by the presence of defects such as knots, spiral grain, compression ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/41
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