snarl2 (snarl)

[ I snarle , I strangle in a halter, or corde, Je estrangle; My grayhound had almost snarled hym selfe to night in his own lee e. Palsgrave. Through you sand snarled thickets posting, she Darted her self, regardle of her way. J. Beaumont, Psyche, ii. 27. 2. To embarra ; confuse; entangle. This was the question that they would have snarled him with. Latimer . ( Imp . Dict .) 3. To shape or ornament the exterior of (ve els of thin metal) by repercu ion from within. See snarling - iron . II. in trans. To make tangles or snarls; also, to become entangled. The begum made bad work of her embroidery in those days; she snarled and knotted, and cut and raveled, without advancing an inch on her design. E. L. Bynner, Begum's Daughter, xxxvii. muscle1.