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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Knŏt'ty, a.

adjective

(nŏt'ty), a. [compar. KNOTTIER; superl. KNOTTIEST.]

  1. Full of knots; having many knots; as, knotty timber.
  2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. Rowe.
  3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed. “A knotty point to which we now proceed.” Pope.