knotted

Adjective
Synonyms: gnarledgnarlyknottyknobbed

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  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”Synonyms: gnarledgnarlyknottyknobbed
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

As tight as I could knot the noose.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

2.To unite closely; to knit together. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

3.To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]

Knotted \Knot"ted\, a.

1.Full of knots; having knots; knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2.Interwoven; matted; entangled. [1913 Webster]

Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.Having intersecting lines or figures. [1913 Webster]

The west corner of thy curious knotted garden.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

5.Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [R.] [1913 Webster]

They're catched in knotted lawlike nets.— Hudibras.[1913 Webster]
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