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

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

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Snarled p. pr. & vvb. n. Snarling. ] [ Etymol. uncertain. ] To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface. [ 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 ]

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 ]

a. & n. from Snarl, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snarling iron, a tool with a long beak, used in the process of snarling. When one end is held in a vise, and the shank is struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other end, or beak, within the article worked upon gives the requisite blow for producing raised work. See 1st Snarl. [ 1913 Webster ]