1. (v. t.) To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth.

2. (n.) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

3. (n.) An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.

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