Tangle

tang′gl, n. a knot of things united confusedly: an edible seaweed: a perplexity, complication: ( Scot. ) any long hanging thing, even a lank person: an apparatus for dredging.— v.t. to unite together confusedly: to interweave: to ensnare, entangle.— n. Tang′lefoot ( U.S. ), whisky, .— adj. Tang′lesome ( prov. ), quarrelsome.— adv. Tang′lingly .— adj. Tang′ly , in a tangle: united confusedly: covered with tangle or seaweed. [Scand.; Dan. tang , Ice. thang , seaweed.]