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Of a knot: constructed so as to slip along the rope, etc., round which it is made; (of a snare, etc.) constructed using such a knot. Chiefly in riding…
= slip-knot, n. Obsolete.
a slip knot, the ends of which lie horizontally, and will not become untied (Davies).
A loop with a running knot; a noose, snare; a slip-knot.
A knot which may readily be slipped or untied.
(see quot.) and cf. clinch, n.1).