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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KNOT'TED, a. not'ted. Full of knots; having knots; as the knotted oak.
1. Having intersecting figures.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: tied with a knot; "his carefully knotted necktie"
2: used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" [syn: gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 12th century 1. tied in or with a knot 2. full of knots ; gnarled 3. knotty 4. ornamented with knots or knobs

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Knotted Knot"ted, a. 1. Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak. --Dryden. 2. Interwoven; matted; entangled. Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part. --Shak. 3. Having intersecting lines or figures. The west corner of thy curious knotted garden. --Shak. 4. (Geol.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks. --Percival. 5. Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [R.] They're catched in knotted lawlike nets. --Hudibras.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Knot Knot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Knotting.] 1. To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. ``Knotted curls.'' --Drayton. As tight as I could knot the noose. --Tennyson. 2. To unite closely; to knit together. --Bacon. 3. To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. [Obs. or R.]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. See knotty.

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