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French knot definition

French knot

an embroidery stitch formed by twisting the thread around the needle, which is then inserted at nearly the same point it came through the material

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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