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K KAICLING or KECLING to KELSON KETCH to KNOT KETCH KEVELS KEY KEYS KINK KNEE KNEE of the head KINGHT-HEAD or BOLLARD-TIMBER KNIGHT-HEADS KNITTLE KNOT Search Contact us |
KNOTKNOT, a large knob formed on the extremity of a rope, by untwisting the ends thereof, and interweaving them regularly amongst each other. There are several sorts of knots, which differ in their form and size, according to the uses for which they are designed: the principal of these are the diamond-knot, the rose-knot, the wall-knot, or walnut, some of which are single, and others double.The knots are generally used to fasten one rope to another, by means of a small cord attached to the neck of the knot, called the laniard, which is firmly tied about both ropes. They are also designed to prevent the end of a rope from sliding through an eye, which the knot is intended to confine in a particular situation. See BECKETS.
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