Tangle \Tan"gle\, n.
   1. [Cf. Icel. [thorn]["o]ngull. See Tang seaweed.] (Bot.)
      Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria
      saccharina. See Kelp.
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            Coral and sea fan and tangle, the blooms and the
            palms of the ocean.                   --C. Kingsley.
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   2. [From Tangle, v.] A knot of threads, or other thing,
      united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily
      disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle
      of vines and briers. Used also figuratively.
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   3. pl. An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to
      which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or
      other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes,
      sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the
      bottom of the sea.
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   Blue tangle. (Bot.)See Dangleberry.

   Tangle picker (Zool.), the turnstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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