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knotted

ˈnɑtɪd
WordNet
Oriental carpet, runner size, made of knotted wool. Midfield: broken zigzag bands form nine and a half diamond on a dark blue background. The background shows a very finely scattered pattern of small lotuses and palmettes, rosette flowers and pairs of turned and averted birds in white, red, pink, light blue and yellow. Three edges: the middle and widest is red with lotus flowers in pink, lilac and bleu, connected by a broken string of green. The inner and outer edges are the same: narrow white with a running tendril with chalice turning inwards and outwards in turn. At one end, about 35 cm of the substrate is light blue in color. Here and there the pile is worn down to the knot, otherwise the cloth is in fairly good condition.
Oriental carpet, runner size, made of knotted wool. Midfield: broken zigzag bands form nine and a half diamond on a dark blue background. The background shows a very finely scattered pattern of small lotuses and palmettes, rosette flowers and pairs of turned and averted birds in white, red, pink, light blue and yellow. Three edges: the middle and widest is red with lotus flowers in pink, lilac and bleu, connected by a broken string of green. The inner and outer edges are the same: narrow white with a running tendril with chalice turning inwards and outwards in turn. At one end, about 35 cm of the substrate is light blue in color. Here and there the pile is worn down to the knot, otherwise the cloth is in fairly good condition.
  1. (adj) knotted
    tied with a knot "his carefully knotted necktie"
  2. (adj) knotted
    used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots "gnarled and knotted hands","a knobbed stick"
Illustrations
Oriental carpet, prayer rug, of knotted wool, decorated with a terra-cotta mihrab, with a rectangular top, supported by two columns. A stylized lamp hangs in the top. The spandrels are filled with sycamore leaves. Three edges and four hems all around.
Oriental carpet, prayer rug, of knotted wool, decorated with a terra-cotta mihrab, with a rectangular top, supported by two columns. A stylized lamp hangs in the top. The spandrels are filled with sycamore leaves. Three edges and four hems all around.
Prayer rug for a girl, so-called Kis-Ghiordes of knotted wool with a double Mihrab of white in the midfield with a scattered filling of small crescents. Edge with white zigzag bands.
Prayer rug for a girl, so-called Kis-Ghiordes of knotted wool with a double Mihrab of white in the midfield with a scattered filling of small crescents. Edge with white zigzag bands.
Oriental rug made of knotted wool, runner size. In the midfield diamond-shaped patterns with rosettes and medallions. Around four edges.
Oriental rug made of knotted wool, runner size. In the midfield diamond-shaped patterns with rosettes and medallions. Around four edges.
Carpet, a so-called Polent carpet, knotted from silk and bound with gold and silver thread. Thin bands divide the midfield of this carpet into catouches. Decorations of tendrils with leaf motifs, lotus flowers, rosettes alternated with cloud bands. Wide decorated brim.
Carpet, a so-called Polent carpet, knotted from silk and bound with gold and silver thread. Thin bands divide the midfield of this carpet into catouches. Decorations of tendrils with leaf motifs, lotus flowers, rosettes alternated with cloud bands. Wide decorated brim.
Oriental carpet of knotted wool, the center field of which is decorated with rows of botehs. Five borders with a simple geometric pattern. Supposedly woven by Afshar nomads.
Oriental carpet of knotted wool, the center field of which is decorated with rows of botehs. Five borders with a simple geometric pattern. Supposedly woven by Afshar nomads.
Oriental rug of knotted wool with Herati pattern and three edges, the middle one is decorated with tendrils, arabesques and palmettes and rosettes.
Oriental rug of knotted wool with Herati pattern and three edges, the middle one is decorated with tendrils, arabesques and palmettes and rosettes.
Oriental carpet, prayer rug, of knotted wool, decorated with an ocher yellow mihrab, with a low white-toothed stepped gable. There is a lamp in the top. Two columns made of flower garlands. Three edges and four hems all around.
Oriental carpet, prayer rug, of knotted wool, decorated with an ocher yellow mihrab, with a low white-toothed stepped gable. There is a lamp in the top. Two columns made of flower garlands. Three edges and four hems all around.
Oriental rug of knotted wool with Herati pattern and seven edges, the middle one being the widest, decorated with lilies and rosettes on tendrils.
Oriental rug of knotted wool with Herati pattern and seven edges, the middle one being the widest, decorated with lilies and rosettes on tendrils.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The first man-made item to exceed the speed of sound is the bull whip our leather whip. When the whip is snapped, the knotted end makes a "crack" or popping noise. It is actually causing a mini sonic boom as it exceeds the speed of sound.
  1. Knotted
    (Geol) 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.
  2. Knotted
    Entangled; puzzling; knotty. "They're catched in knotted lawlike nets."
  3. Knotted
    Having intersecting lines or figures. "The west corner of thy curious knotted garden."
  4. Knotted
    Interwoven; matted; entangled. "Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. knotted
    Full of knots; having knots; knotty.
  2. knotted
    Specifically — In botany, having a series of nodes, or nodelike swellings; jointed: said of stems, pods, etc.
  3. knotted
    In zoology, having one or more swellings; nodose.
  4. knotted
    Having intersecting figures; having lines or walks intersecting one another, marked with interlacings.
  5. knotted
    In lithology, containing or characterized by knots.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Knotted
    full of, or having, knots: having intersecting lines or figures
Quotations
William Congreve
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
William Congreve
Franklin D. Roosevelt
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Idioms

Cut the Gordian knot - If someone cuts the Gordian knot, they solve a very complex problem in a simple way.

Tie the knot - When people tie the knot, they get married.

Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. cnotta; Ger. knoten, Dan. knude, L. nodus.

Usage in the news

Brian Morache and his wife Mariam are past divorcees who recently tied the knot. todaystmj4.com

Brian Morache and his wife Miriam are past divorcees who recently tied the knot. fox16.com

The Rockies left-hander entered Monday hanging onto his spot with a double-knotted shoelace. denverpost.com

To have and To Have Knot. urbantulsa.com

Kate Middleton's middle has gotten a lot of attention since she and her husband Prince William tied the knot one year ago. usmagazine.com

Footage of tranquil Airlie Bay anchorage when exposed to 20+ knot northerlies and a rainstorm . cruisingworld.com

In the meantime, the researchers had novel knots to show off in Cambridge University dining halls, where jacket and tie are still required. maa.org

Meanwhile, the researchers have novel knots to show off in Cambridge University dining halls, where jacket and tie are still required. maa.org

We must sail through the notorious Bab el Mandeb (Gate of Sorrows) to enter the Red Sea 50 knot winds and relentless sandstorms are ready and waiting on the other side. cruisingworld.com

The Yuma County Fairgrounds was a beehive of activity Saturday morning as 9- and 10-year-old boys learned about gemstones, tied knots and practiced using carpentry tools. yumasun.com

It's been almost a year since Kate Middleton and Prince William tied the knot in a ceremony watched by some 40 million people worldwide. mix931fm.com

Slicing Through a Knot of Snarled Traffic With a Swift Cut. ashingtonpost.com

Slicing Through a Knot of Snarled Traffic With a Swift Cut. ashingtonpost.com

Vanessa Minnillo made things official with Nick Lachey when they tied the knot in July -- and now she's got the Twitter handle to match. usmagazine.com

Elizabeth Olsen's Ruby Lips and Top Knot. usmagazine.com

Usage in scientific papers

Joyce. A classifying invariant of knots, the knot quandle. J.
A polynomial invariant of finite quandles

We define an invariant of welded virtual knots from each finite crossed module by considering crossed module invariants of ribbon knotted surfaces which are naturally associated with them.
Invariants of Welded Virtual Knots Via Crossed Module Invariants of Knotted Surfaces

Welded virtual knots were defined in [K1], by allowing one extra move in addition to the moves appearing in the definition of a virtual knot.
Invariants of Welded Virtual Knots Via Crossed Module Invariants of Knotted Surfaces

This extra move preserves the (combinatorial) fundamental group of the complement, which is therefore an invariant of welded virtual knots (the knot group).
Invariants of Welded Virtual Knots Via Crossed Module Invariants of Knotted Surfaces

Yagima, Shin Satoh defined in [S] a map which associates an oriented knotted torus T (K ), the “tube of K ”, to each oriented welded virtual knot K .
Invariants of Welded Virtual Knots Via Crossed Module Invariants of Knotted Surfaces

Usage in literature

I can't untie knots with one hand. "Pluck on the Long Trail" by Edwin L. Sabin

Knot the threads on for both these borders in the ordinary way, followed by a single horizontal bar of knots. "Encyclopedia of Needlework" by Thérèse de Dillmont

These are usually straight, round poles of 6 or 8 inches in diameter, with all bark and projecting knots removed. "Eighth Annual Report" by Various

At this time we had a nice little breeze, and were going about six knots. "For Treasure Bound" by Harry Collingwood

I got my feet close together, and rested on the knot, which, small though it was, gave me a great deal of support. "Sail Ho!" by George Manville Fenn

Place the needle back of the knot and bring the point out in the place where the next knot is to be made. "Textiles and Clothing" by Kate Heintz Watson

On the floor stood a knot of men who stared at Brion. "Planet of the Damned" by Harry Harrison

Here and there, between the river and the hills, were knots of blue soldiers. "The Long Roll" by Mary Johnston

Some folks say tie knots in the sheet, but I burn salt. "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States" by Work Projects Administration

The knots were sometimes called pine-torches. "Home Life in Colonial Days" by Alice Morse Earle

Usage in poetry
BLUE is Our Lady’s colour,
White is Our Lord’s.
To-morrow I will wear a knot
Of blue and white cords,
That you may see it, where you ride
Among the flashing swords.
"Blue and White" by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
The child came trotting to her side,
Ready with bootless aid:
"Lily make veckit for papa,"
The tiny woman said:
Her mother gave the means and ways,
And a knot upon her thread.
"An Old Sermon With a New Text" by George MacDonald Author object (244)
So in part we shall not part,
Though we absent be,
Tyme, nor place, nor greatest smart,
Shall my bands make free:
Tyed I am, yet thinke it gaine,
In such knots I feele no paine.
"28 (Song 4)" by Mary Wroth
Thou that in fury with thy knotted tail
Hast made this iron floor thy beaten drum;
That now in silence walkst thy little space —
Like a sea-captain — careless what may come:
"The Captive Lion" by William H Davies
As sculptor's mallet to the birth
Of the slow-dawning face,
As knot upon my Lily's thread
When she would work apace,
God's Nay is such, and worketh so
For his children's coming grace.
"An Old Sermon With a New Text" by George MacDonald Author object (244)
WINTER forests mutely standing
Naked on your bed of snow,
Wide your knotted arms expanding
To the biting winds that blow,
Nought ye heed of storm or stress,
Stubborn, silent, passionless.
"In The Winter Woods" by Frederick George Scott Author object (221)