Webster's English Dictionarynoose n. [Prob. fr. OF. nous, nom. sing. or acc. pl. of nou knot, F. nud, L. nodus. Cf. Node.] A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn. () v. t. To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare. ()