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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.
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As tight as I could knot the noose. --Tennyson.
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2. To unite closely; to knit together. --Bacon.
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3. To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. [Obs. or R.]
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Knotted \Knot"ted\, a.
1. Full of knots; having knots; knurled; as, a knotted cord;
the knotted oak. --Dryden.
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2. Interwoven; matted; entangled.
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Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part.
--Shak.
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3. Having intersecting lines or figures.
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The west corner of thy curious knotted garden.
--Shak.
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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.
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5. Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [R.]
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They're catched in knotted lawlike nets. --Hudibras.
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