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running knot

noun

  1. a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose running noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of running knot1

First recorded in 1640–50
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Example Sentences

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The running knot had pulled tight and was buried in the fur behind his ear.

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They grew big and strong and healthy, for he saw to it that they had all of the best, particularly in winter, and nothing to fear—except the running knot in the hedge gap and the wood path.

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The torture of the Vigilia was as follows:—Upon a high joint-stool, the seat about a span large, and instead of being flat, cut in the form of pointed diamonds, the victim was seated: the legs were fastened together and without support; the hands bound behind the back, and with a running knot attached to a cord descending from the ceiling: the body was loosely attached to the back of the chair, cut also into angular points.

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If he be married, may he dream he's cuckol'd, And when he wakes believe, and swear he saw it, Sue a Divorce, and after find her honest: Then in a pleasant Pigstye, with his own garters, And a fine running knot, ride to the Devil.

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After much trouble, and, we should think, some danger from her paws and teeth, both of which she used as if trained for the fight, she was, caught with a line looped into a running knot between her jaws and the back of her head, somewhat as farmers catch hogs for the slaughter.

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