knottingn.
/ˈnɒtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɑdɪŋ/ 1. The action of tying a knot, or of tying or entangling in a knot.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > fastening with a knot > tying a knot
knotting1758
1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 7 Exercising those who are received into the service, in knotting and splicing, in handing and reefing of sails.
1884 S. St. John Hayti v. 196 The peculiar knotting of their curly wool.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxxvii. 587 The affected hairs are bent and twisted and tend to produce matting and knotting.
2. The knitting of knots for fancy-work, similar to tatting n.1; concrete, fancy work done by knitting threads into knots.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > [noun] > knot-work
knotting1697
knit-knot1703
sugar-plum1750
tatting1842
knotwork1882
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of ornamental textiles or trimmings > [noun] > knotting or tatting
knotting1697
tatting1842
macramé1865
medieval guipure1882
1697 [see Compounds].
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 536. ¶2 Knotting is again in Fashion.
1750 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 616 I have sent you by Mr. Dubourg,..all the knotting and knotting thread I have.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 496 [Johnson:] Next to mere idleness (said he) I think knotting is to be reckoned in the scale of insignificance; though I once attempted to learn knotting.
1801 Monthly Rev. 35 342 The young females of the Cape..are expert at..all kinds of lace, knotting, and tambour work.
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 260 The whole fringe of the bed and window-curtains being composed of her knotting.
1879 K. S. Macquoid Berkshire Lady 123 Taking her knotting out of a black velvet reticule.
3. The formation of knots or protuberances; the production of buds, etc., budding.
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the world > plants > part of plant > bud > [noun] > budding
budding1398
knotting1611
proliferation1759
gemmation1760
prolification1760
pullulation1829
out-budding1841
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > making or becoming protuberant > forming knots or knobs
knotting1848
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Nouëment de jeunes arbres, the knotting of young trees; their springing, or shooting out from knot to knot.
1620 J. Brinsley tr. Virgil De Apibus in Eclogues 119/2 In the new flower (viz. at the first knotting).
1848 B. Webb Sketches Continental Ecclesiol. 116 It is like a finger deformed by the knotting of the knuckles.
4.
a. The process of covering the knots in wood with a special preparation, previously to painting; concrete, the preparation used for this.
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society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > [noun] > painting > preparation of wood for painting
knotting1819
1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. II. 202/2 Knotting is a composition of strong size, mixed with red-lead.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 587 Knotting; in painting, the process for preventing knots from appearing in the finish.
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1578 All the knots in the wood must be killed with knotting... Knotting is a preparation of red lead, litharge, boiled oil, and a little turpentine.
b. A preparation used as a cement or covering for metals.
5. The process of removing knots from cloth, pulp, etc.: see quots.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > paper-making > [noun] > specific processes
calendering1513
pulping1640
watermarking1851
couching1875
knotting1875
friction-glazing1878
shake1885
soda process1885
cook1894
sulphate process1894
reeling1906
fibrillation1929
conditioning1954
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > removing imperfections
burling1530
picking1632
knotting1875
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1240/2 Knotting…2. (Cloth~making.) Removing weft knots and others from cloth by means of tweezers.
1880 E. J. Reed Japan II. 44 The processes of straining, knotting (the separation of knots, impurities, or of matted fibre which has formed into strings, or is insufficiently ground,) making [pulp into paper].
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations (chiefly in sense 2).
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1697 in Doran Ann. Eng. Stage (1864) I. xii. 250 A black taffety cap, together with..a knotting needle, and a ball of sky-colour and white knotting.
1763 Mrs. Harris in Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury I. 94 Lady Weymouth..and the Duchess of Ancaster sat knotting, with a knotting-bag hanging on their left arm.
1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) II. x. 141 I then..seated myself at the table, with my knotting-shuttle in my hand.
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