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.
[R.]
Rewe.
3.
Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
A knotty point to which we now proceed
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