TANGLE
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Tan"gle (?), v. t. [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.] 1. 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.
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2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. “Tangled in amorous nets.” Milton.
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When my simple weakness strays,
Tangled in forbidden ways.
Crashaw.
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Tan"gle, v. i. To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.
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Tan"gle, n. 1. [Cf. Icel. þ&ö;ngull. See Tang seaweed.] (Bot.) Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp.
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Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean.
C. Kingsley.
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2. [From Tangle, v.] 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.
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3. pl. 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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Blue tangle. (Bot.)See Dangleberry. -- Tangle picker (Zo&ö;l.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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