knotted

knotted is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Interwoven; matted; entangled. Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part. Shak.
  2. 2.Having intersecting lines or figures. The west corner of thy curious knotted garden. Shak.
  3. 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. 4.Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [R.] They're catched in knotted lawlike nets. Hudibras.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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