n
A short needle with a strong point.
n
(obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench.
v
(transitive) To form (the hair) into a bun.
n
A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
n
A knot on a tree caused by root tissue growing in the trunk or a limb; a burl.
adj
(mathematics) Having a braided coalgebra.
n
One of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.
v
To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
adj
Alternative form of ferruled [Having a ferrule.]
n
A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
adj
Alternative form of hair-curling [Exciting, astonishing, frightening, or horrifying.]
v
(transitive, obsolete) To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
n
A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.
n
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
adj
Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.
n
A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl.
n
Alternative form of knar [A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl.]
adj
(obsolete) knotty; gnarled
adj
(obsolete) Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.
n
Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
adj
Full of knots; knotty.
adj
Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots.
n
A contorted knot in wood.
adj
(obsolete) Full of knots.
n
The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
n
The state of being knotted.
adj
Shaped like a knot or knob.
adj
(obsolete) Nodose; knotty.
v
(transitive) To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.
n
A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
n
A cylindrical shaped pre-production plastic pellet used in manufacturing and packaging.
n
Alternative spelling of knurl [A contorted knot in wood.]
n
Alternative form of knur [A knurl.]
n
(Japan) A pierced earring.
n
The head of a pin. (Frequently used in size comparisons.)
v
Often followed by out: of a reel of thread or skein of yarn; or a thread on a reel or a string of yarn in a skein, etc.: to become untwisted or unwound.
v
(transitive) To stripe or streak.
v
(transitive) To form into ringlets.
adj
Characterised by ringlets.
n
A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
n
A hook-shaped bend in a river, road etc.
n
A knot or irregularity in yarn.
adj
(UK, dialect, obsolete) thin and long; slim; slender
n
A sticky substance put at the base of trees or other plants to trap insects and prevent them from climbing up.
n
A strand of hair twisted together in a braid-like fashion
v
(intransitive, of an animal) To move the head back and forth in a stereotyped pattern, typically as a symptom of stress.
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