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snarling iron

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snarl

2[snahrl]
–noun
1. a tangle, as of thread, hair, or wire.
2. a complicated or confused condition or matter: a traffic snarl.
3. a knot in wood.
–verb (used with object)
4. to bring into a tangled condition, as thread or hair.
5. to render complicated or confused: The questions snarled him up.
6. to raise or emboss, as parts of a thin metal vessel, by hammering on a tool (snarling iron) held against the inner surface of the vessel.
–verb (used without object)
7. to become tangled; get into a tangle.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME snarle; see snare 1 , -le
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snarl  (v.2)
"growl and bare the teeth," 1530, perhaps from Du. or Low Ger. snarren "to rattle," probably of imitative origin (cf. Ger. schnarren "to rattle," schnurren "to hum, buzz"). Meaning "speak in a harsh manner" first recorded 1693.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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