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Tangle :: Tangle (v.) A knot of threads, or other thing, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged; a snarl; as, hair or yarn in tangles; a tangle of vines and briers. Used also figuratively..

Retund :: Retund (v. t.) To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence..

Turn :: Turn (n.) Form; cast; shape; manner; fashion; -- used in a literal or figurative sense; hence, form of expression; mode of signifying; as, the turn of thought; a man of a sprightly turn in conversation..

Size :: Size (n.) Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size..

On :: On (prep.) Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with; as, to play on a violin or piano. Hence, figuratively, to work on one's feelings; to make an impression on the mind..

Tilt :: Tilt (v. i.) To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances..

Rent :: Rent (n.) Figuratively, a schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church..

Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..

God :: God (n.) Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.

Allusive :: Allusive (a.) Figurative; symbolical.

Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air..

Pinion :: Pinion (n.) A wing, literal or figurative..

Look :: Look (v. i.) To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you. Sometimes used figuratively..

Plaited :: Plaited (a.) Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful..

Mordacious :: Mordacious (a.) Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing..

Preponderate :: Preponderate (v. i.) To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated..

Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out..

Down :: Down (adv.) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion..

Pig-headed :: Pig-headed (a.) Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn..

Pilot :: Pilot (n.) Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course.

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