Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Knottiest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knotty \Knot"ty\, a. [Compar. {Knottier}; superl. {Knottiest}.]
1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty
timber; a knotty rope.
2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.[R.] --Rewe.
3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
A knotty point to which we now proceed --Pope.
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