knot

• Perhaps the knot is at least side-steppable if we admit literature as a form of knowledge? —  Omni: November 1993
• As of April 24, same-sex couples longing to tie the knot will be able to do so legally in Iowa, a luxury not available to gays living in that quagmire of west coast conservatism, San Francisco. —  The Student Operated Press
• It is fastened behind: yes, the knot is here--now I have it--so--so With trembling fingers I undid the string, and pulled off the piece of taffety. —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
• Then he parted her tongue in two parts, and upon the end of each probescue he tied a small round knot, that is the knot which is yet to be seen on the ends of the serpent's tongue unto this day And according to the decree were all the serpents changed, in the process of nature. —  The Secret of the Creation
• Lola saw that the knot should be a double one; and the ceremony took place, first, at the French Catholic Chapel in King Street, and afterwards at St. George's, Hanover Square Illustration: Berrymead Priory, Acton, where Lola Montez lived with Cornet Heald A press representative, happening to be among the congregation, rushed off to Grub Street. —  The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert

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