Knot (papermaking) definition

(1) A sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

(2) Any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

(3) Soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

(4) A tight cluster of people or things

"A small knot of women listened to his sermon"

(5) A unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters

(6) 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"

(7) A hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

"The saw buckled when it hit a knot"

(8) Tie or fasten into a knot

"Knot the shoelaces"

(9) Tangle or complicate

"A ravelled story"

(10) Make into knots; make knots out of

"She knotted der fingers"