| Tangle (tangle) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Tan"gle |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Tangled (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Tangling (?).] [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed] hence, to
twist like seaweed. See Tang seaweed, and cf. Tangle,
n.< |
To unite or knit together
confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it
difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.
To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be
tangled in lies.
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| Tangle (tangle) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Tan"gle |
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To be entangled or united
confusedly; to get in a tangle.
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Any
large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See
Kelp.
A
knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not
to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a
tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.
An instrument consisting essentially
of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or
other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and
other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
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