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Pronunciation : Tan"gle
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to twist like seaweed. See Tang seaweed, and cf. Tangle, n.]
Definition : 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.

2. To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. "Tangled in amorous nets." Milton. When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways. Crashaw.

t. [imp. & p. p. Tangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tangling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tan"gle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a tangle.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Tan"gle
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Etym: [Cf. Icel. ??ngull. See Tang seaweed.] (Bot.)

Defn: Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria saccharina. See Kelp. Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the palms of the ocean. C. Kingsley.

2. Etym: [From Tangle, v.]

Defn: 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.

3. pl.

Defn: An instrument consisting essentiallly 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. Blue tangle. (Bot.)See Dangleberry. -- Tangle picker (Zo?l.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913