kainite
         n 1: a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and
               potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a
               fertilizer

English Dictionary: knotty	by the DICT Development Group
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Kam-Tai n a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia Synonym(s): Kadai, Kam-Tai, Kadai language
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Kamet n a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high)
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Kandy n a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center
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Kannada n a Dravidian language spoken in southern India [syn: Kannada, Kanarese]
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Kant n influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804) [syn: Kant, Immanuel Kant]
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Kaunda n statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (1924-1999) Synonym(s): Kaunda, Kenneth Kaunda, Kenneth David Kaunda
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keen-eyed adj having keen eyesight Synonym(s): keen-eyed, sharp-eyed
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Kennedia n genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers Synonym(s): Kennedia, genus Kennedia, Kennedya, genus Kennedya
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Kennedy n 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963) Synonym(s): Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, JFK, President Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy a large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City Synonym(s): Kennedy, Kennedy Interrnational, Kennedy International Airport
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Kennedya n genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers Synonym(s): Kennedia, genus Kennedia, Kennedya, genus Kennedya
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Kent n a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971) Synonym(s): Kent, Rockwell Kent
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Kenyata n Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978) Synonym(s): Kenyata, Jomo Kenyata
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keynote n the principal theme in a speech or literary work a fundamental or central idea (music) the first note of a diatonic scale Synonym(s): tonic, keynote v set the keynote of; "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection" give the keynote address to (an audience)
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Khamti n a branch of the Tai languages
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khanate n the realm of a khan the position of a khan
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Khanty n a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals) Synonym(s): Ostyak, Khanty a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak Synonym(s): Khanty, Ostyak
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kind adj having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter" Antonym(s): unkind agreeable, conducive to comfort; "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet" Synonym(s): kind, genial tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke" Synonym(s): kind, tolerant n a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" Synonym(s): kind, sort, form, variety
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kinda adv to some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy" Synonym(s): rather, kind of, kinda, sort of
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knead v make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft" Synonym(s): knead, work manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" Synonym(s): massage, rub down, knead
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knit n a fabric made by knitting a basic knitting stitch Synonym(s): knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine Synonym(s): knit, knitting, knitwork v make (textiles) by knitting; "knit a scarf" tie or link together Synonym(s): knit, entwine to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" Synonym(s): pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit
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knot n 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" any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot" 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" Synonym(s): knot, gnarl a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude Synonym(s): nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design Synonym(s): slub, knot, burl a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere Synonym(s): knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus v make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted her fingers" tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces" tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" Synonym(s): ravel, tangle, knot Antonym(s): ravel, ravel out, unknot, unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle
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knotty adj making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home" Synonym(s): baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" Synonym(s): gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" Synonym(s): Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread" Synonym(s): knotty, snarled, snarly
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knout n a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
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Knut n king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035) Synonym(s): Canute, Cnut, Knut, Canute the Great
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kyanite n a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock, used as a refractory Synonym(s): kyanite, cyanite
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Kainit \Kai"nit\, n. [Trade name, fr. kainite.]       Salts of potassium used in the manufacture of fertilizers.
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Kainite \Kai"nite\, n. [Gr. [?] recent.] (Min.)       A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and       magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in       Prussian Saxony.
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Kand \Kand\, n. (Mining)       Fluor spar; -- so called by Cornish miners.
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Ken \Ken\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kenned}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Kenning}.] [OE. kennen to teach, make known, know, AS.       cennan to make known, proclaim, or rather from the related       Icel. kenna to know; akin to D. & G. kennen to know, Goth.       kannjan to make known; orig., a causative corresponding to       AS. cunnan to know, Goth. kunnan. [root]45. See {Can} to be       able, {Know}.]       1. To know; to understand; to take cognizance of. [Archaic or             Scot.]          2. To recognize; to descry; to discern. [Archaic or Scot.]             [bd]We ken them from afar.[b8] --Addison                         'T is he. I ken the manner of his gait. --Shak.
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Keynote \Key"note`\, n.       1. (Mus.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a             piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the             chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are             referred; -- called also {key tone}.          2. The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key;             as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.
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Khanate \Khan*ate\, n.       Dominion or jurisdiction of a khan.
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Khond \Khond\, n.       A Dravidian of a group of tribes of Orissa, India, a section       of whom were formerly noted for their cruel human sacrifices       to the earth goddess, murder of female infants, and marriage       by capture.
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Kinate \Ki"nate\, n. [Cf. F. kinate. ] (Chem.)       See {Quinate}. [Obsolescent]
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Quinate \Qui"nate\, n. (Chem.)       A salt of quinic acid. [Written also {kinate}.]
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Kinate \Ki"nate\, n. [Cf. F. kinate. ] (Chem.)       See {Quinate}. [Obsolescent]
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Quinate \Qui"nate\, n. (Chem.)       A salt of quinic acid. [Written also {kinate}.]
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Kind \Kind\, a. [Compar. {Kinder}; superl. {Kindest}.] [AS.       cynde, gecynde, natural, innate, prop. an old p. p. from the       root of E. kin. See {Kin} kindred.]       1. Characteristic of the species; belonging to one's nature;             natural; native. [Obs.] --Chaucer.                         It becometh sweeter than it should be, and loseth                      the kind taste.                                 --Holland.          2. Having feelings befitting our common nature; congenial;             sympathetic; as, a kind man; a kind heart.                         Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, The love he                      bore to learning was his fault.         --Goldsmith.          3. Showing tenderness or goodness; disposed to do good and             confer happiness; averse to hurting or paining;             benevolent; benignant; gracious.                         He is kind unto the unthankful and to evil. --Luke                                                                               vi 35.                         O cruel Death, to those you take more kind Than to                      the wretched mortals left behind.      --Waller.                         A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. --Garrick.          4. Proceeding from, or characterized by, goodness,             gentleness, or benevolence; as, a kind act. [bd]Manners so             kind, yet stately.[b8] --Tennyson.          5. Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in             harness.          Syn: Benevolent; benign; beneficent; bounteous; gracious;                propitious; generous; forbearing; indulgent; tender;                humane; compassionate; good; lenient; clement; mild;                gentle; bland; obliging; friendly; amicable. See                {Obliging}.
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Kind \Kind\, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See {Kind}, a.]       1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.]                         He knew by kind and by no other lore. --Chaucer.                         Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, Are led by                      kind t'admire your fellow-creature.   --Dryden.          2. Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or             humankind. [bd]Come of so low a kind.[b8] --Chaucer.                         Every kind of beasts, and of birds.   --James iii.7.                         She follows the law of her kind.         --Wordsworth.                         Here to sow the seed of bread, That man and all the                      kinds be fed.                                    --Emerson.          3. Nature; style; character; sort; fashion; manner; variety;             description; class; as, there are several kinds of             eloquence, of style, and of music; many kinds of             government; various kinds of soil, etc.                         How diversely Love doth his pageants play, And snows                      his power in variable kinds !            --Spenser.                         There is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of                      beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. --I                                                                               Cor. xv. 39.                         Diogenes was asked in a kind of scorn: What was the                      matter that philosophers haunted rich men, and not                      rich men philosophers ?                     --Bacon.          {A kind of}, something belonging to the class of; something             like to; -- said loosely or slightingly.          {In kind}, in the produce or designated commodity itself, as             distinguished from its value in money.                         Tax on tillage was often levied in kind upon corn.                                                                               --Arbuthnot.          Syn: Sort; species; class; genus; nature; style; character;                breed; set.
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Kind \Kind\, v. t. [See {Kin}.]       To beget. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Kinit \Kin"it\, n. [Gr. [?] to move.] (Physics)       A unit of force equal to the force which, acting for one       second, will give a pound a velocity of one foot per second;       -- proposed by J.D.Everett, an English physicist.
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Knead \Knead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kneaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Kneading}.] [OE. kneden, As. cnedan; akin to D. kneden, G.       kneten, Sw. kn[?]da, Icel. kno[?]a; cf. OSlav. gnesti.]       1. To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands;             esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles,             into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake,             etc.; as, to knead dough.                         The kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of                      the oven, and the baking.                  --Shak.          2. Fig.: To treat or form as by kneading; to beat.                         I will knead him : I'll make him supple. --Shak.          {Kneading trough}, a trough or tray in which dough is             kneaded. --Ex. viii. 3.
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Kneed \Kneed\, a.       1. Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed;             out-kneed; weak-kneed.          2. (Bot.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints,             like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass.
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Knit \Knit\, v. i.       1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave             by making knots or loops.          2. To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones             will in time knit and become sound.          {To knit up}, to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close.             [bd]It remaineth to knit up briefly with the nature and             compass of the seas.[b8] [Obs.] --Holland.
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Knit \Knit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knit} or {Knitted}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Knitting}.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr.       cnotta knot; akin to Icel. kn[?]ta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte.       See {Knot}.]       1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as             cord; to fasten by tying.                         A great sheet knit at the four corners. --Acts x.                                                                               11.                         When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher                      about your brows.                              --Shak.          2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn             or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of             needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit             stockings.          3. To join; to cause to grow together.                         Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are                      under a discharge.                              --Wiseman.          4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit             together in love.                         Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit. --Shak.                         Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light                      fantastic round.                                 --Milton.                         A link among the days, toknit The generations each                      to each.                                             --Tennyson.          5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.                         He knits his brow and shows an angry eye. --Shak.
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Knit \Knit\, n.       Union knitting; texture. --Shak.
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Knot \Knot\, n. [OE. knot, knotte, AS. cnotta; akin to D. knot,       OHG. chnodo, chnoto, G. knoten, Icel. kn[?]tr, Sw. knut, Dan.       knude, and perh. to L. nodus. Cf. {Knout}, {Knit}.]       1.             (a) 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.             (b) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc.,                   as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon                   itself.             (c) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.          Note: The names of knots vary according to the manner of                their making, or the use for which they are intended;                as, dowknot, reef knot, stopper knot, diamond knot,                etc.          2. A bond of union; a connection; a tie. [bd]With nuptial             knot.[b8] --Shak.                         Ere we knit the knot that can never be loosed. --Bp.                                                                               Hall.          3. Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a             perplexity; a problem.                         Knots worthy of solution.                  --Cowper.                         A man shall be perplexed with knots, and problems of                      business, and contrary affairs.         --South.          4. A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately             interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc. [bd]Garden             knots.[b8] --Bacon.                         Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art In                      beds and curious knots, but nature boon Poured forth                      profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. --Milton.          5. A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a             hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians. [bd]Knots of             talk.[b8] --Tennyson.                         His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries. --Shak.                         Palms in cluster, knots of Paradise.   --Tennyson.                         As they sat together in small, separate knots, they                      discussed doctrinal and metaphysical points of                      belief.                                             --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          6. 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.          7. A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.                         With lips serenely placid, felt the knot Climb in                      her throat.                                       --Tennyson.          8. A protuberant joint in a plant.          9. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist             of a matter. [Obs.]                         I shoulde to the knotte condescend, And maken of her                      walking soon an end.                           --Chaucer.          10. (Mech.) See {Node}.          11. (Naut.)             (a) 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.                   Hence:             (b) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship                   goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be                   eight knots.          12. A kind of epaulet. See {Shoulder knot}.          13. (Zo[94]l.) 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}.          Note: The name is said to be derived from King Canute, this                bird being a favorite article of food with him.                            The knot that called was Canutus' bird of old, Of                         that great king of Danes his name that still doth                         hold, His appetite to please that far and near                         was sought.                                    --Drayton.
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Knot \Knot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Knotting}.]       1. To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form             a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. [bd]Knotted curls.[b8]             --Drayton.                         As tight as I could knot the noose.   --Tennyson.          2. To unite closely; to knit together. --Bacon.          3. To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. [Obs. or R.]
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Knot \Knot\, v. i.       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. [R.] --Shak.
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Node \Node\, n. [L. nodus; perh. akin to E. knot. Cf. {Noose},       {Nowed}.]       1. A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.          2. Specifically:             (a) (Astron.) One of the two points where the orbit of a                   planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the                   orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit                   of its primary.             (b) (Bot.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf                   or several leaves are inserted.             (c) (Dialing) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through                   which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of                   the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his                   place in the ecliptic, etc.             (d) (Geom.) The point at which a curve crosses itself,                   being a double point of the curve. See {Crunode}, and                   {Acnode}.             (e) (Mech.) The point at which the lines of a funicular                   machine meet from different angular directions; --                   called also {knot}. --W. R. Johnson.             (f) (poet.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.             (g) (Med.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms                   upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or                   syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the                   neighborhood of a joint. --Dunglison.             (h) (Mus) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string,                   when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the                   harmonic tones; nodal line or point.             (i) (Zo[94]l.) A swelling.          {Ascending node} (Astron.), the node at which the body is             passing northerly, marked with the symbol [astascending],             called the Dragon's head. Called also {northern node}.          {Descending node}, the node at which the body is moving             southwardly, marked thus [astdescending], called Dragon's             tail.          {Line of nodes}, a straight line joining the two nodes of an             orbit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knot \Knot\, n. [OE. knot, knotte, AS. cnotta; akin to D. knot,       OHG. chnodo, chnoto, G. knoten, Icel. kn[?]tr, Sw. knut, Dan.       knude, and perh. to L. nodus. Cf. {Knout}, {Knit}.]       1.             (a) 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.             (b) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc.,                   as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon                   itself.             (c) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.          Note: The names of knots vary according to the manner of                their making, or the use for which they are intended;                as, dowknot, reef knot, stopper knot, diamond knot,                etc.          2. A bond of union; a connection; a tie. [bd]With nuptial             knot.[b8] --Shak.                         Ere we knit the knot that can never be loosed. --Bp.                                                                               Hall.          3. Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a             perplexity; a problem.                         Knots worthy of solution.                  --Cowper.                         A man shall be perplexed with knots, and problems of                      business, and contrary affairs.         --South.          4. A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately             interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc. [bd]Garden             knots.[b8] --Bacon.                         Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art In                      beds and curious knots, but nature boon Poured forth                      profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. --Milton.          5. A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a             hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians. [bd]Knots of             talk.[b8] --Tennyson.                         His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries. --Shak.                         Palms in cluster, knots of Paradise.   --Tennyson.                         As they sat together in small, separate knots, they                      discussed doctrinal and metaphysical points of                      belief.                                             --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          6. 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.          7. A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.                         With lips serenely placid, felt the knot Climb in                      her throat.                                       --Tennyson.          8. A protuberant joint in a plant.          9. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist             of a matter. [Obs.]                         I shoulde to the knotte condescend, And maken of her                      walking soon an end.                           --Chaucer.          10. (Mech.) See {Node}.          11. (Naut.)             (a) 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.                   Hence:             (b) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship                   goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be                   eight knots.          12. A kind of epaulet. See {Shoulder knot}.          13. (Zo[94]l.) 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}.          Note: The name is said to be derived from King Canute, this                bird being a favorite article of food with him.                            The knot that called was Canutus' bird of old, Of                         that great king of Danes his name that still doth                         hold, His appetite to please that far and near                         was sought.                                    --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knot \Knot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Knotting}.]       1. To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form             a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. [bd]Knotted curls.[b8]             --Drayton.                         As tight as I could knot the noose.   --Tennyson.          2. To unite closely; to knit together. --Bacon.          3. To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. [Obs. or R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knot \Knot\, v. i.       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. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Node \Node\, n. [L. nodus; perh. akin to E. knot. Cf. {Noose},       {Nowed}.]       1. A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.          2. Specifically:             (a) (Astron.) One of the two points where the orbit of a                   planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the                   orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit                   of its primary.             (b) (Bot.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf                   or several leaves are inserted.             (c) (Dialing) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through                   which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of                   the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his                   place in the ecliptic, etc.             (d) (Geom.) The point at which a curve crosses itself,                   being a double point of the curve. See {Crunode}, and                   {Acnode}.             (e) (Mech.) The point at which the lines of a funicular                   machine meet from different angular directions; --                   called also {knot}. --W. R. Johnson.             (f) (poet.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.             (g) (Med.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms                   upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or                   syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the                   neighborhood of a joint. --Dunglison.             (h) (Mus) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string,                   when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the                   harmonic tones; nodal line or point.             (i) (Zo[94]l.) A swelling.          {Ascending node} (Astron.), the node at which the body is             passing northerly, marked with the symbol [astascending],             called the Dragon's head. Called also {northern node}.          {Descending node}, the node at which the body is moving             southwardly, marked thus [astdescending], called Dragon's             tail.          {Line of nodes}, a straight line joining the two nodes of an             orbit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knotty \Knot"ty\, a. [Compar. {Knottier}; superl. {Knottiest}.]       1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty             timber; a knotty rope.          2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.[R.] --Rewe.          3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed.                         A knotty point to which we now proceed --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nowd \Nowd\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The European gray gurnard ({Trigla gurnardus}). [Written also       {knoud}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knout \Knout\, v. t.       To punish with the knout. --Brougham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knout \Knout\ (nout or n[oomac]t), n. [Russ. knut'; prob. of       Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. kn[umac]tr       knot: cf. F. knout. See {Knot}.]       A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in       Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs       twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Konite \Ko"nite\, n. (Min.)       See {Conite}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cyanite \Cy"a*nite\ (-n?t), n. [See {Cyanic}.] (Min.)       A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline       aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of       aluminium. [Written also {kyanite}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kyannite \Ky"an*nite\, n.       See {Cyanite}.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Knuth /ka-nooth'/ n.   [Donald E. Knuth's "The Art of Computer    Programming"] Mythically, the reference that answers all questions    about data structures or algorithms.   A safe answer when you do not    know: "I think you can find that in Knuth."   Contrast {the    literature}.   See also {bible}.   There is a Donald Knuth home page at       `http://www-cs-faculty.Stanford.EDU/~knuth'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Knuth          /knooth/ 1. {Donald Knuth}.          2. ["The Art of Computer Programming", Donald E. Knuth]       Mythically, the reference that answers all questions about       data structures or algorithms.   A safe answer when you do not       know: "I think you can find that in Knuth."          Contrast {literature}.   See also {bible}.          [{Jargon File}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Kenath       possession, a city of Gilead. It was captured by Nobah, who       called it by his own name (Num. 32:42). It has been identified       with Kunawat, on the slopes of Jebel Hauran (Mount Bashan), 60       miles east from the south end of the Sea of Galilee.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Knead       to prepare dough in the process of baking (Gen. 18:6; 1 Sam.       28:24; Hos. 7:4).