Note: An infusion of Polygonum aviculare was once supposed to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal, and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, "hindering knotgrass." We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass. Beau. & Fl.
KNOTLESS
Knot"less, a.
Defn: Free from knots; without knots. "Silver firs with knotless trunks." Congreve.
KNOTTED
Knot"ted, a.
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. Shak.
3. Having intersecting lines or figures. The west corner of thy curious knotted garden. Shak.
4. (Geol.)
Defn: 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. [R.] They're catched in knotted lawlike nets. Hudibras.