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snarled, ppl. a.|snɑːld|
[f. snarl v.1]
†1. Ensnared, entrapped. Obs.
c1440Promp. Parv. 461/2 Snaryd, or snarlyd,..illaqueatus. 1648J. Beaumont Psyche xiv. lxvii, There A snarled Ram untwisted Isaac's fate.
2. a. Entangled, twisted, complicated. Also fig. Of road traffic: congested (orig. U.S.); also with up.
c1440Promp. Parv. 439/1 Rufflyd, or snarlyd, innodatus. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxxvii. 25 Out of the matter itselfe there springeth a difficult and snarled question. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. i. Eden 723 Adam's self..Could scant unwinde the knotty snarled clew. 1648J. Beaumont Psyche xviii. cxliv, Through a thousand snarl'd Meanders, to A goodly Room he soon conducted her. 1667Decay Chr. Piety vii. §3. 259 Whose confus'd snarl'd consciences render it difficult, thus to pull out thred by thred. 1883W. C. Smith N. Country Folk 78 More tangled thrums,..More snarled hasps. 1884[see snarl n.1 5]. 1967N. Marsh Death at Dolphin viii. 230 We've caught a snarled-up little job this time. 1973R. Hill Ruling Passion i. vii. 73 Another diversionary tactic. What a snarled-up lot of people they were! 1976R. Moore Dubai i. 8 Fitz pushed his way through the..streets, walking through the snarled traffic. 1980Times 8 July 6/2 One of the worst spots for snarled-up traffic.
b. Mentally confused.
1881Cable Mme. Delphine viii. 42 The returned rover was a trifle snarled in his top-hamper. |