a small cluster or group of persons or things.
Knitch, Knitchel (1500), Knitchet (1602)
Knob
Knot
Kolkhoz
Labour
Examples: knot of astrologers; booksellers; clubs [social]; of idioms; of islands; of men; of mountains [where mountain chains meet]; of palm trees; of people; of politicians; roots [personal links]; of separatists; of small stairs; of talk; of thread or yarn; of toads; of Windsors [chairs]; of witches; of young snakes.