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Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak. Dryden.

The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.

Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.

See Knot.

A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum.)

A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office.

The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings.

A kind of typesetting machine which produces castings, each of which corresponds to a line of separate types. By pressing upon keys like those of a typewriter the matrices for one line are properly arranged; the stereotype, or slug, is then cast and planed, and the matrices are returned to their proper places, the whol…

See Melanotype.

, Melanistic.

ting a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture. [Written also melainotype.]

The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects.

The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects.

A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Dædalus in Crete.

A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony. [R.]

A division of Foraminifera including those that have only one chamber.

A foraminifer having but one chamber.

One-chambered.

Formed from one pistil; -- said of fruits. R. Brown.

Having a single loculament.