Dictionary entry

Knot (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Knot, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Knotted; p. pr. & vb. n.Knotting.] 1. To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. “Knotted curls.” Drayton.

As tight as I could knot the noose. Tennyson.

2. To unite closely; to knit together. Bacon.

3. To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.