| knotted | 1. Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak. 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. <geology> Characterised 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. 5. Entangled; puzzling; knotty. "They're catched in knotted lawlike nets." (Hudibras) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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