Dictionary entry

Knotty

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Knot″ty (?), a. [Compar.Knottier (?); superl.Knottiest.] 1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.

2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. Rewe.

3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed.

A knotty point to which we now proceed Pope.