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unˈsnarl, v.
[un-2 3 and 7.]
trans. To disentangle.
1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions i. i. 27 Some fel into errours whereout they could neuer unsnarle themselues. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. i. lvii, For ever had this Isle in that foul ditch..strai'd,..Had not the King..Unsnarl'd that chain. a1699T. Beaumont Psyche iii. cxc, How Shall I unsnarle my Promise, and contrive That..the Saint may live! 1879P. Brookes Influence of Jesus iv. 160 Material fact and impalpable vision shoot through each other and cannot be unsnarled. 1893K. D. Wiggin Cathedr. Courtship 53 It is Salemina who always unsnarls the weekly bill.
intr.1844‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. xxviii. 167 All on 'em seemed kinder tangled up and trying to unsnarl all over the floor. 1876Mrs. Whitney Sights & Ins. xxiii, Things do cool down. And snarls unsnarl just by putting quietly away.
Hence unˈsnarling vbl. n.
1640Fuller Joseph's Coat 189 Ones Excellency may consist in the unsnarling of a knowne controversie. |