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knotty
(encz) | knotty,spletitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
knotty
(encz) | knotty,sukovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
knotty
(encz) | knotty,uzlovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
knotty
(encz) | knotty,zamotaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
knotty
(encz) | knotty,zauzlený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Knotty
(gcide) | Knotty \Knot"ty\, a. [Compar. Knottier; superl. Knottiest.]
1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty
timber; a knotty rope.
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2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. [R.] --Rewe.
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3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
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A knotty point to which we now proceed --Pope.
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knotty
(wn) | knotty
adj 1: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve
or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty
problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic
situation at home" [syn: baffling, elusive, knotty,
problematic, problematical, tough]
2: used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or
knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" [syn:
gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed]
3: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the
Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on
to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language";
"convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a
knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering";
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott;
"tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting
for months" [syn: Byzantine, convoluted, involved,
knotty, tangled, tortuous]
4: tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string";
"snarled thread" [syn: knotty, snarled, snarly] |
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knotty pine
(encz) | knotty pine, n: |
Knotty
(gcide) | Knotty \Knot"ty\, a. [Compar. Knottier; superl. Knottiest.]
1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty
timber; a knotty rope.
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2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. [R.] --Rewe.
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3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
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A knotty point to which we now proceed --Pope.
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Unknotty
(gcide) | Unknotty \Unknotty\
See knotty. |
knotty pine
(wn) | knotty pine
n 1: pine lumber with many knots; used especially for paneling
and furniture |
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