To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or
interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot;
to entangle; to ravel.

To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in
lies.

To be entangled or united confusedly; to get in a
tangle.

Any large blackish seaweed, especially the Laminaria
saccharina. See Kelp.

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.