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ˈlove-knot
A knot or bow of ribbon tied in a peculiar way, supposed to be a love token. Also, a representation of such a knot. Cf. true love knot.
c1386Chaucer Prol. 197 He hadde of gold ywroght a ful curious pyn: A loue knotte in the gretter ende ther was. 1598Marston Pygmal. iii. 149 His windows strow'd with Sonnets, and the glasse Drawne full of love-knots. 1842Tennyson Talking Oak 65 Leg and arm with love-knots gay. 1877W. Jones Finger-ring 371 The circular box on the top..contains a sort of love-knot.
b. fig. and allusive.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xviii. 127 Lyf, and loue, and leaute in o by-leyue and lawe, A loue-knotte of leaute and of leel by-leyue. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1590) 263 b, If it were a bondage, it was a bondage onely knitte in loue-knots. c1600F. Davison Ps. cxxxii. in Farr S.P. Eliz. (1845) II. 328 Where this love-knot remaines vnbroken, God heapes of blisse doth send. |