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 ]