Sc. and north. dial. [f. TANGLE sb.3 + -Y.] Long and limp, or flaccid; feeble, flabby: = TANGLE a.
1812. P. Forbes, Poems, 57 (E.D.D.). Tanglie taperin’ tails.
1855. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., Tangling or Tangly, untidy in dress, ragged or hanging in shreds. ‘A lang tangly lass,’ having the well-known meaning of ‘long and lazy.’
1904. E. Dial. Dict., s.v., (N. Yks.) He’s a great tangly lad.
