Definition for KNOT'TY

KNOT'TY, a. [not'ty.]

  1. Full of knots; having many knots; as, knotty timber.
  2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. – Rowe.
  3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed; as, a knotty question or point.

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