Knotty
Pronunciation : Knot"ty
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.
2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.[R.] Rewe.
3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed. A knotty point to which we now proceed Pope.
[Compar. Knottier; superl. Knottiest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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