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knotter|ˈnɒtə(r)|
[f. knot v. + -er1.]
1. One who knots or ties knots; a machine or contrivance for doing this.
1712Addison Spect. No. 536 ⁋2 The satisfaction these male-knotters will find, when they see their work mixed up in a fringe [etc.]. 1881Mark Lane Express 8 Aug. 1076 The string approaches the knotter as the knot is tightened. 1884Thorley's Illustr. Farmers' Almanack 39 The ‘binder’,..after passing the binding string around the bundle, leaves its end in the grasp of the ‘knotter’. Finally, this clever device first ties and then cuts the twine band. 1889in Mackail W. Morris I. 316 A carpet-knotter was got from Glasgow, to teach the girls the method of working.
2. A person or contrivance employed to remove knots: see quots.
1875Ure's Dict. Arts III. 490 (Manufacture of Paper) The pulp is strained by means of a sieve or ‘knotter’, as it is called,..having fine slits cut in it to allow the comminuted pulp to pass through, while it retains all lumps and knots. 1893Labour Commission Gloss., Knotters, young females employed to cut the knots of yarn off the pieces before they undergo the processes of ‘milling’ and ‘finishing’.
3. With prefixed numeral: a boat or ship that makes (so many) knots.
1908Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Apr. 6/1 Not many of the so-called ‘30-knotters’ could steam at this speed. 1929‘Seamark’ Down River i, Essex noted the stolid little ten knotter ahead. |