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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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To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in
lies. |
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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. |
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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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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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