Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Knotted

Knotted , adjective

1.
Full of knots; having knots; knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak. — Dryden
2.
Interwoven; matted; entangled.
Make... thy knotted and combined locks to part. — Shakespeare
3.
Having intersecting lines or figures.
The west corner of thy curious knotted garden. — Shakespeare
4.
(Geology) Characterized 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. — Percival
5.
Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [Rare]
They're catched in knotted lawlike nets. — Hudibras