Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tangling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tangle \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.
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.
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