Lexic.us

Definition of Knotted

1. Adjective. Tied with a knot. "His carefully knotted necktie"

2. Adjective. Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots. "A knobbed stick"

Definition of Knotted

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

Definition of Knotted

1. Verb. (past of ''knot'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knotted

1. knot [v] - See also: knot

Medical Definition of Knotted

1. 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. 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) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knotted

knot knot diagram knot span knot spans knot theory knotberries knotberry knothole knotholes knotless

knotlike knots knottable knotted (current term) knotted marjoram knottedness knotter knotters knottier knottiest

knottily knottiness knottinesses knotting knottings knottle knotty knotty pine

Literary usage of Knotted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1898)
"After the separation of the flap round the fistula, four double threads are passed, thin ends knotted and lying outside the vagina (two only are * For the ..."

2. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"The two spirals crossing each other in front and behind, make an open bandage which is convenient enough for retaining dressings. The knotted The ..."

3. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1893)
"knotted CORDS was a way of keeping records in China about 4000 BC. according to Chinese accounts, hut there are no knotted cords at present in China. ..."

4. London by Charles Knight (1843)
"The knotted garden was evidently the favourite style of laying out grounds with our ancestors. Bacon speaks of "the knotts or figures" being formed of ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1883)
"The pains coming on later in the course of the disease, and the indurated, lumpy, or knotted lesions within the gland structure, of course point strongly to ..."

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