Hypertext Webster Gateway: "knotted"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

knotted
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}, {knotty}, {knobbed}]
3: tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string";
"snarled thread" [syn: {snarled}, {snarly}]

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