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knot·ter

   [not-er]
noun
1.
a person or thing that ties knots.
2.
a device that ties knots in thread during the manufacture of yarn.
3.
a person or thing that takes out or removes knots.
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Origin:
1705–15; knot1 + -er1
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knot1 (nɒt)
 
—n
1.  any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a piece of rope, cord, etc, in upon itself, to another piece of rope, or to another object
2.  a prescribed method of tying a particular knot
3.  a tangle, as in hair or string
4.  a decorative bow or fastening, as of ribbon or braid
5.  a small cluster or huddled group
6.  a tie or bond: the marriage knot
7.  a difficult problem
8.  a protuberance or lump of plant tissues, such as that occurring on the trunks of certain trees
9.  a.  a hard mass of wood at the point where a branch joins the trunk of a tree
 b.  a cross section of this, usually roundish and cross-grained, visible in a piece of timber
10.  a sensation of constriction, caused by tension or nervousness: his stomach was tying itself in knots
11.  a.  pathol a lump of vessels or fibres formed in a part, as in a muscle
 b.  anatomy a protuberance on an organ or part
12.  a unit of speed used by nautical vessels and aircraft, being one nautical mile (about 1.15 statute miles or 1.85 km) per hour
13.  one of a number of equally spaced knots on a log line used to indicate the speed of a ship in nautical miles per hour
14.  at a rate of knots very fast
15.  tie someone in knots to completely perplex or confuse someone
16.  informal tie the knot to get married
 
—vb , knots, knotting, knotted
17.  (tr) to tie or fasten in a knot
18.  to form or cause to form into a knot
19.  (tr) to ravel or entangle or become ravelled or entangled
20.  (tr) to make (an article or a design) by tying thread in an interlaced pattern of ornamental knots, as in macramé
 
[Old English cnotta; related to Old High German knoto, Old Norse knūtr]
 
'knotter1
 
—n
 
'knotless1
 
—adj
 
'knotlike1
 
—adj

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