They're catched in knotted lawlike nets.
Hudibras.
Knot"ti*ness (?), n. [From Knotty.] 1. The quality or state of being
knotty or full of knots.
2. Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication. " Knottiness of his
style." Hare.
Knot"ty (?), a. [Compar. Knottier (?); superl. Knottiest.] 1. Full of
knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.