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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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Knottier

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Knottiest

Full of knots; knotted; having many knots;

as,

knotty

timber; a

knotty

rope.

Hard; rugged;

as, a

knotty

head

[R.]

Rewe.

Difficult; intricate; perplexed.

knotty

point to which we now proceed

Pope.

Adj.

not'ty. Full of knots; having many knots; as knotty timber.

Hard; rugged; as a knotty head.

Difficult; intricate; perplexed; as a knotty question or point.