Snarl \Snarl\, n.
   The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression;
   an angry contention.
   
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Snarl \Snarl\, 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.
   
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Snarl \Snarl\, 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.
      
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   2. To embarrass; to insnare.
      
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            [The] question that they would have snarled him
            with.                                 --Latimer.
      
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Snarl \Snarl\, n.
   A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like,
   difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate
   complication; embarrassing difficulty.
   
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Snarl \Snarl\, 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.
      
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   2. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
      
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            It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little
            lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands
            not exempted.                         --Dryden.
      
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