What does "knotted" mean?
Knotted: Interwoven; matted; entangled. Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Having intersecting lines or figures. The west corner of thy curious knotted garden. Shak.
- 3.(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.
- 4.Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [R.] They're catched in knotted lawlike nets. Hudibras.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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