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A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied.

A pin worn of the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.

A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor. [Obs.]

Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.

An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successive operations: (1) Isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state.…

mpty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. Dryden. A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. Macaulay.

A cenotaph. [R.] Lord Cobham honored him with a cenotaphy. Macaulay.

In hair dressing, a loose, low coil at the back of the head, like the knot on the head of the bust of Clytie by G. F. Watts.

To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply. Hammond.

The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

Implying an attribute. See Connote. Connotative term, one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. J. S. Mill.

In a connotative manner; expressing connotation.

l; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply. Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South.

A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Relating to cyanosis; affected with cyanosis; as, a cyanotic patient; having the hue caused by cyanosis; as, a cyanitic skin.

A photographic picture obtained by the use of a cyanide.

See Dinotherium.

Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne.

To mark off; to denote. [Archaic] These terms denotate a longer time. Burton. What things should be denotated and signified by the color. Urquhart.

The marking off or separation of anything. Hammond.