"Knot" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

In seamen’s language, a “knot” ls a division of the log-line serving to meas-ure the rate of the vessel’s motion. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour. Hence when a ship goes eight miles an hour she is said to go “eight knots." webster

See Node.

A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately
interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.

An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.

A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of
the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to
a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run
off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of
miles the vessel sails in an hour.

A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight
miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.

To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form
a knot on, as a rope; to entangle.

A bond of union; a connection; a tie.

A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at
the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself.

To knit knots for fringe or trimming.

A protuberant joint in a plant.

To copulate; -- said of toads.

To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to
become entangled.

To unite closely; to knit together.

Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a
perplexity; a problem.

The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of
a matter.

To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.

A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a
hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians.

A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of
all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the
rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts
are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat
it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.

A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody
fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a
hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a
dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.

A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.

A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.

A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more
threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or
entangling.