Definitions
WordNet 3.0
- n. a joint of pine wood used for fuel
Examples
“I have been told by an inhabitant of Tyngsborough, who had the story from his ancestors, that one of these captives, when the Indians were about to upsethis barrel of turpentine, seized a pine knot and flourishing it, swore so resolutely that he would kill the first who touched it, that they refrained, and when at length he returned from Canada he found it still standing.”
“Ignominiously beaten, Richard rose to kindle a pine knot in Stephen’s fire.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pine knot’.
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Bird Wirds: Sundry Nicknames
A list of birders' "shorthand" names, traditional nicknames, non-English names, and obsolete names for feathered creatures worldwide.
Interesting blog entry here on naming U.S. birds.welsh ambassador, goatsucker, french magpie, timberdoodle, butterbutt, popinjay, logcock, old cranky, long john, sprog, butterbum, wedgie and 697 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pine knot.
reesetee Old Massachusetts name for the Dovekie (a.k.a. Little Auk). Dec 11, 2007