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▪ I. snarl, n.1|snɑːl|
Also 4, 7–8 snarle, 9 dial. snarrel.
[f. snare n. or v.: see -le 1.]
1. A snare, gin; a noose. Obs. exc. dial. Also fig.
c1380Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.) in Herrig Archiv LVII. 247/1 Lord, what þing schal passe quite And in þeos snarles not beo tan. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 385 Maydens of Athene were compelled as it were to snarles and grenes. Ibid. VI. 27 To brynge þe peple þat was so bygiled þe faster in snarl. 1601Breton Blessed Weeper xxi, Shame bad me weepe..to feele how I was feltred in The wretched snarles of wicked nature's knots. 1829Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Snarl, the snare itself, made of wire. 1893in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., They put this snarl or snirrup roond t' gills an' click t' fish oot.
2. a. A tangle, knot, ravel, as in the hair.
1609Ev. Woman in Hum. v. i. in Bullen O. Pl. IV, Curle not the snarles that dwell upon these browes. 1611Cotgr., Grippets,..the rufflings, or snarles of ouer-twisted thread. 1741Compl. Family-Piece ii. ii. 331 Let your Hair be round,..twist it neatly without Gaping or Snarles. 1750Glandville in W. Ellis Mod. Husb. IV. ii. 73, I found it [the hairworm] to twist itself all up into a close Snarle. 1836Haliburton Clockm. xviii. (1862) 79 To wind off a snarl of ravellins as slick as if it were on a reel. 1854Susan Warner Old Helmet I. 113 The green silk was in a great snarl. 1897Outing XXX. 434/2 The worm..lying upon the bottom like a snarl of black thread. 1966J. S. Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 139/2 Snarl, a tangle in the hair. 1976‘Trevanian’ Main (1977) xiii. 243 A young slattern who tugs a snarl out of her hair with her fingers.
b. fig. or in fig. context. traffic snarl (U.S. colloq.), a traffic jam.
1631Quarles Samson xii, The day's at hand, wherein thou must untie The Riddle's tangled Snarle. 1675J. Smith Chr. Relig. App. i. 18 Here was..a snarle in his fortune requiring the aid of a Divine Solution. 1710S. Palmer Proverbs 73 That men and women shou'd be..in a continu'd snarle, contradiction, hatred, and infinite disorders. 1860[Mrs. M. C. Harris] Rutledge 111 Dorothy has got her account with the grocer in a great snarl. 1889Spectator 13 Apr., Our children will see how this Irish snarl is unravelled. 1933E. B. White Let. Mar. (1976) 113 At noon I happened to be driving north on Fourth Avenue, and got held up in a traffic snarl. 1950J. D. MacDonald Brass Cupcake ii. 18, I dove slowly back into the traffic snarl. 1968S. Challis Death on Quiet Beach iii. 30 The traffic was a slow snarl that cost him forty minutes. 1975New Yorker 19 May 99/1 The traffic snarls were impenetrable. 1979Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. d3/3 Production snarls kept cars out of the showroom. 1980R. L. Duncan Brimstone iv. 65 The congressional reorganization studies..were resulting in a snarl of immense proportions.
3. U.S. A swarm, large number.
1775in O. E. Winslow Amer. Broadside Verse (1930) 141/2, I see another snarl of men. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 76 There being ‘a pootty consid'r'ble snarl o' gals, I guess’ the supper was bravely furnished. 1836W. Dunlap Mem. Water Drinker (1837) II. iii. 24 They swarm like a snarl of bees before hiving. 1855F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott P. xxiii, A cheaper minister, and one that hadn't such a snarl o' young ones. 1904N.Y. Tribune 10 Apr. (Suppl.) 7/3 A veritable snarl of street urchins took possession of several benches in Lincoln Park.
4. A knot in wood. (Cf. snarly a.1 2.)
1881–in dial. glossaries (Leic., Warw.). a1891Tribune Book of Sports 12 (Cent.), Let Italian or Spanish yew be the wood, clear of knots, snarls, and cracks.
5. attrib. and Comb., as snarl-headed adj., snarl-knot, snarl-preventer.
1790R. Tyler Contrast ii. ii. (1887) 39 The snarl-headed curs fell a-kicking and cursing of me. 1847Halliw., Snarl⁓knot, a very intricate one. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Snarl-Knot, a northern expression for a knot that cannot be drawn loose. 1884Illustr. Lond. N. 27 Sept. 291/1 Mr. Brooks's ‘Snarl preventor’ is a new form of thread-wire which pounces on snarled threads.
▪ II. snarl, n.2|snɑːl|
[f. snarl v.2]
An act of snarling; a display of the teeth accompanied by an angry sound. Freq. fig.
1613E. Hoby (title), A Counter Snarle for Ishmael Rabshacheh. 1653W. Ramesey Astrol. Restored To Rdr. 4, [I] content my self to incur all the Currish Snarls..of the envious. 1832W. Irving Alhambra II. 178 With the wary side glance of a cur..ready for a snap and a snarl. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiv. III. 393 A sum..which he took with the savage snarl of disappointed greediness. 1885Ruskin Pleas. Eng. 147 The mocking snarl and ruthless blow of the Puritan.
transf.1889Doyle M. Clarke 189 The blare of trumpets and the long deep snarl of the drums.
▪ III. snarl, v.1|snɑːl|
Also 5 snarlyn, 5–7 snarle.
[Cf. snarl n.1
In R. Brunne Chron. Wace 4629 (Ropes ryueled, & swerued in lyne) the reading suarled cited from the Petyt MS. should prob. be snarled in sense 2 or 3; the construction is not quite clear.]
1. a. trans. To catch in a snare or noose; to entangle or secure with a cord, rope, etc.; to strangle. Now dial.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xv. (Bodl. MS.), Þee hunter..knowyþ þat þe beeste is i-snarled and faste yholde. Ibid. lxxix, Sicut orix allaqueatus, as Orix is isnarled. c1440Promp. Parv. 461/2 Snaryn, or snarlyn, illaqueo. a1470H. Parker Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1493) ix. vii. G ij b, They [sc. sheep] ben so..snarled amonges brembles and thornes that they may nat go away. 1563Foxe A. & M. 1255/2 He made him priuely to be snarled, and his flesh to be torn. 1565Cooper, Laqueus, an halter: any thyng that one is snarled or tied with. 1602Rowlands Greenes Ghost 36 With his necke snarled in an hempen halter. 1648J. Beaumont Psyche ix. cclxxv, So may all Rebels find their shameless feet Snarled for evermore in their own Net. 1829Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Snarl, to insnare; as to snarl hares. 1849–in dial. glossaries, etc. (Northumb., Durham, Cumb., Leic., etc.).
refl.1530Palsgr. 723/2 My grayhounde had almost snarled hym selfe to night in his own leesse. 1580Blundevil Horsemanship iv. 60 b, A Horse..being laid, and the halter slacke about his feete,..he snarleth himselfe, so as he is not able to get vp.
b. fig. To ensnare, entangle, entrap.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 431 Þe kyng..snarlede hem wiþ sotil sophyms. c1400Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. i. (1859) 2 That no pylgrym escape, that he ne shal be snarlyd in my trappe. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 192 Wyth þi treccherous sotylte Us to snarlyn þou besyist þe. 1545Joye Exp. Dan. viii. S iv, To studye by what engyns mennes myndes might be trapped and snarled. 1593Nashe Christ's T. Wks. (Grosart) IV. 148 Their wealth, they make no other vse of but to snarle and enwrappe men with. 1641‘Smectymnuus’ Vind. Answ. xiii. 121 Foreseeing how his owne words would snarle him, if he should grant them all Bishops.
refl.a1470H. Parker Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1493) ix. vii. G ij b, They snarle themself so in dett & in false richesses. 1551Cranmer Answ. Gardiner 168 You snarle youre selfe into so many and heynouse absurdites. 1597J. Payne Royal Exch. 37 Let vs not..snarle and intangle our selves with over moche toyle and care of the world. c1680Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism i. Wks. 1716 I. 37 They lose themselves, and snarl themselves and the Holy Text, so that they never find the right end.
2. a. To tangle; to twist together confusedly; to make a tangle of. Now chiefly dial. and U.S.
c1440Promp. Parv. 439/1 Ruffelyn, or snarlyn, innodo. c1440Partonope 2300 Hys swerde is broken; the other tweyn [swords] be Snarled in the sheeldes ryght fast. 1570Levins Manip. 32/21 To Snarle, contrahere. 1578Lyte Dodoens 97 It bringeth forth many tender branches full of knotty joynts, entangled and snarled, or wrapped one in another. 1606S. Gardiner Bk. Angling 22 The mudde of this place doth pollute the nette, snarle it, and hurte it. a1687H. More Cont. Remark. St. (1689) 424 The Daughter had..her Hair snarled and matted together. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Snarl, to twist, entangle, and knot together. 1847Prescott Peru (1855) II. 165 Mangrove trees with their complicated roots snarled into formidable coils under the water. 1894Outing XXIII. 404/1 The head tide had snarled the trawls badly.
absol.1890E. L. Bynner Begum's Dau. xxxvii, The begum made bad work of her embroidery in those days; she snarled and knotted, and cut and ravelled.
b. fig. To render complicated or confused.
1653tr. Przipcovius' Diss. de Pace 15 You do not comprehend doctrines snarled and entangled with so many knots. 1675J. Smith Chr. Relig. App. i. 44, I would thus unty these knots with which he snarles this story. 1701J. Norris Ess. Theory Ideal World i. 414 'Tis the want of this Distinction..that has..so snarl'd and perplex'd this Question. 1901Jrnl. Sch. Geogr. Nov. 340 His starting point..being different.., everything else must be snarled hopelessly.
c. to snarl up: to throw into confusion, to mess up; to entangle, to impede the smooth running of (something). colloq.
1937C. Day Lewis Starting Point i. iii. 49 He short-punted ahead, snarling up the defence. 1957J. F. Horner Summary of Scientology vi. 67 Self-processing tends only to snarl-up the person attempting it. 1960Economist 22 Oct. 317/2 A..wish to snarl up the relations between the western governments. 1962Listener 5 July 36/2 Private cars are increasing at such a rate..that the roads will be snarled up. 1976Daily Tel. 22 June 1/3 The Conservatives snarled up Government business by ceasing the pairing of MPs and other co-operation. 1981Sunday Express 25 Oct. (heading) 150,000 marchers snarl up London.
3. intr. To become twisted or entangled; to get into, or form, tangles or knots. Also fig. and with up.
1600Holland Livy xxxi. xxxix. 797 Their speares..snarling within the boughes and branches of trees..hindered them verie much. 1613J. Dennys Secr. Angling i. x, Then twist them finely... But not too hard or slacke,..Least slacke they snarle, or hard they proue vnsound. 1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. xxx. §5 (1689) 177 Which will cause the wyre to be more tough and not so apt to snarl, or break. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 226 To cause it to snarl into a knot when left free to turn on itself. 1884W. S. B. McLaren Spinning 155 The yarn tends to ‘snarl’ and curl, and cannot be drawn out straight. 1951Manch. Guardian Weekly 19 Apr. 5/3 The traffic clears quickly at times, when it might otherwise snarl—which is the American way of saying it might ‘cause an inextricable jam’. 1963Listener 14 Feb. 300/2 The action..snarls up into an obtrusive expressionism. 1970G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard viii. 201 Traffic snarled eastwards along Brompton Road at a snail's pace.
▪ IV. snarl, v.2|snɑːl|
Also 6–8 snarle (7 snarlle).
[f. snar v.: see -le 3, and cf. gnarl v.1]
1. intr. Of dogs, etc.: To make an angry sound accompanied by showing the teeth.
1589R. Harvey Pl. Perc. 9 Yf he snarle like a cur at vs, why should not we prouide a Bastinado for him? 1631Quarles Samson xv, T'one skulks and snarles, the t'other tugges and hales. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 692 The gaping three-mouth'd Dog forgets to snarl. a1732Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 38 A dog snarls at a stone, but looks not at the hand that cast it. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles iii. xxxii, While o'er those caitiffs, where they lie, The wolf shall snarl. 1861Morn. Post 12 Nov., The bear snarled, but crawled on. 1889Ruskin Præterita III. 48 Their dogs barked and snarled irreconcileably.
fig.1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. i. i, Such Patriotism as snarls dangerously and shows teeth. 1842Tennyson Locksley Hall 106 Nations..snarling at each other's heels. 1866B. Taylor Poems, The Test 414, I hear the angry trumpet snarling.
2. Of persons: To quarrel; to grumble viciously; to show strong resentment or ill-feeling.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. iii. 188 What? were you snarling all before I came,..And turne you all your hatred now on me? 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. 1653 Pref. 12 Hee is not ignorant, that a large broode of pregnant wits..will snarl. 1689Muses Farew. to Popery 28 When Servants snarl, we ought to kick 'em out. 1709Prior The Ladle x, Kissing to Day, to Morrow snarling. a1776in Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs II. 208 The surly auld carl did naething but snarl. 1843James Forest Days ii, Don't let me find you snarling with a gentleman's servants again. 1894G. M. Fenn In Alpine Valley i. 6, I should have snarled, written my cheque, and paid.
b. Const. against or at a person or thing.
1593Nashe Four Lett. Conf. Wks. (Grosart) II. 196 Thy hot-spirited brother Richard..snarld priuily at Pap-hatchet, Pasquill, and others. 1624Gataker Transubst. 39 Lest the Heretiques should be snarling at us. c1640H. Bell Luther's Colloq. Mens. (1652) 154 No man giveth a fillip for the Gospel, but all do snarl against it. 1715J. Chappelow Right Way Rich (1717) 161 Let wicked men snarl and grin at you now. 1881Leicester Gloss. 245 Jane snarls an' snags at Lizzy.
c. To give out a snarling noise.
1675Covel in Early Voy. Levant (Hakl. Soc.) 246 The manner of the Christians buriall here is much the same; all have the Praeficae [hired mourners], who sing (or rather howl and snarlle out).
3. trans. To utter in a harsh, rude, or ill-natured manner.
1693Congreve Old Bach. i. iv, Where hast thou been snarling odious truths, and entertaining company..with discourse of their diseases? 1839Dickens Nich. Nick. iii, ‘Who indeed!’ snarled Ralph. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xlv, When the wicked Tempter is tired of snarling that word failure in a man's cell. 1893Times 18 May 9/4 They would..confine themselves to snarling complaints.
4. To put down with snarling.
a1873Lytton K. Chillingley iv. ix, I can't bear to see a man snarled and sneered down..by..rivals.
5. refl. To bring into a certain condition by snarling.
a1849Southey in Life, etc. I. v. 306 He has a most critic-like voice, as if he had snarled himself hoarse.
▪ V. snarl, v.3 techn.|snɑːl|
[? f. snarl n.1 4.]
trans. To raise, or force up, into bosses or projections by the use of the snarling-iron.
1688[implied in snarling vbl. n.3]. 1843Holtzapffel Turning I. 412 If from the shape of the works swage tools..cannot be employed for raising the projecting parts, they are snarled-up. 1851–3Tomlinson's Cycl. Usef. Arts II. 431/1 With them the snarled-up parts are corrected. |