soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
tangle or complicate
something twisted and tight and swollen
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
a tight cluster of people or things
make into knots; make knots out of
(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
tie or fasten into a knot
negation of a word or group of words
