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knotless, a.|ˈnɒtlɪs|
[f. knot n.1 + -less.]
Without a knot, free from knots (in various senses of the n.); unknotted. In first quot. quasi-adv. = like a thread without knots, smoothly, without check or hindrance.
c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 769 Bothe Troylus and Troye toun Shal knotles thorugh out here herte slyde. 1589Fleming Virg. Georg. ii. 21 Or else the knotles trunks are cut againe. 1717Congreve tr. Ovid's Met., Orph. & Euryd., Here silver firs with knotless trunks ascend. 1792Burns My Tocher's the Jewel, Ye'll slip frae me like a knotless thread. 1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 711 The manufacture of threadless, knotless, endless, useless mysteries. 1849Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 70, I slipt away from them like a knotless thread. |