knotted definition

1. Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak.

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. <geology> Characterised 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.

5. Entangled; puzzling; knotty. "They're catched in knotted lawlike nets." (Hudibras)

(01 Mar 1998)