“Musick has Charms to soothe the savage Breast/to soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak,” -William Congreve (1670-1629)

(Yeah, I had to research these two words because I was distracted by Ellen in class. She was a babe.)

-Musick

VERB TRANSITIVE
to compose music for (a poem, libretto, etc.)

-Breast

VERB
face and move forward against or through (something).
"I watched him breast the wave"

Meh.

I was hiking by myself at about 8000 feet and I saw the lightning strike the ground, in an open meadow, less than 100 feet away from me.

Still makes my stomach knot at the memory and it was 25 years ago.

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Well, at least her hair isn't all knotted up.

Did you mean sphincter?
"festering balloon knot"? -@newtboy

We all react to Trump the same way....he's a herpes sore covered meth head screaming incoherently on the street corner.
At least some Republicans are coming around to admit reality, but many are still so in love with him they simply cannot admit that to themselves and continue to kiss his festering balloon knot. They all have his puss on their lips, don't let them forget it.

Sphincter knot!

That definitely looked like a near hit to me.

What the fucking fuck is that all about?
That's ridiculous. All she's doing is spreading the equation apart.
Turning a compact process into a Gordian knot.

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Best description I've heard for a Bowlan knot was from a captain of a scallop boat out of Port Canaveral. He said "...it won't come loose and you can get it loose."

The bowline is a good knot, but it can capsize. Just pull the standing part and the bitter end to see.

I've never heard a truckie's hitch called a sheepshank -- it is half a sheepshank, but it's not what most people mean by sheepshank.

Upvote for fiddlestring knot.

I do knot.