3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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