interknot
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of interknot
Example Sentences
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In lower echelons, the chains of command are plaited and interknotted beyond a lay man's ability to untangle them.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Millennial oaks interknotted their roots below its surface, and vouchsafed protection to many a frailer growth of shrub or tree,—wild orange, water-willow, palmetto, locust, pomegranate, and many trailing tendrilled things, both green and gray.
From Chita: a Memory of Last Island by Hearn, Lafcadio
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