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The locking is completed by circular muscles just inside the female's vagina; this is called "the knot" tightening thus preventing the male from withdrawing. The circular muscles also contract intermittently, which has the effect of stimulating ejaculation of sperm, followed by prostatic fluid, as well as maintaining the swelling of the penis ...
The term true lover's knot, also called true love knot or simply love-knot amongst others, is used for many distinct knots. The association of knots with the symbolism of love , friendship and affection dates back to antiquity (although the term itself is attested from the late 1300s). [ 2 ]
Pretzel link knot – in knot theory, a branch of mathematics, a pretzel link is a special kind of link; Prusik knot – friction hitch or knot used to put a loop of cord around a rope; Portuguese bowline a.k.a. French bowline – variant of the bowline with two loops that are adjustable in size; Portuguese whipping – a type of whipping knot
First called "constrictor knot" in Clifford Ashley's 1944 work The Ashley Book of Knots, this knot likely dates back much further. [5] Although Ashley seemed to imply that he had invented the constrictor knot over 25 years before publishing The Ashley Book of Knots, [1] research indicates that he was not its only originator, but his Book of Knots does seem to be the source of subsequent ...
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Knot board [] on Elbe 1 (ship, 1965). A knot is an intentional complication in cordage [1] which may be practical or decorative, or both. Practical knots are classified by function, including hitches, bends, loop knots, and splices: a hitch fastens a rope to another object; a bend fastens two ends of a rope to each another; a loop knot is any knot creating a loop; and splice denotes any multi ...
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