snarl

n. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ From Snare, v. t. ] 1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. “Her snarled hair.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To embarrass; to insnare. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The ] question that they would have snarled him with. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ From Snar. ] 1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. “An angry cur snarls while he feeds.” Dryden & Lee. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes use of a snarling iron. [ 1913 Webster ]