insnarl

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English

Etymology

in- +‎ snarl

Verb

insnarl (third-person singular simple present insnarls, present participle insnarling, simple past and past participle insnarled)

  1. (obsolete) To make into a snarl or knot; to entangle.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for insnarl”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)