Knot"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) The cloudberry (Rudus Chamæmorus); -- so
called from its knotted stems.
Knot"grass` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) a common weed with jointed stems
(Polygonum aviculare); knotweed. (b) The dog grass. See under Dog.
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.
Knot"less, a. Free from knots; without knots. "Silver firs with
knotless trunks." Congreve.
Knot"ted (?), a. 1. Full of knots; having knots; knurled; as, a knotted
cord; the knotted oak. Dryden.