Sc. and north. dial. [f. TANGLE sb.3 + -Y.] Long and limp, or flaccid; feeble, flabby: = TANGLE a.

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1812.  P. Forbes, Poems, 57 (E.D.D.). Tanglie taperin’ tails.

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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.’

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1904.  E. Dial. Dict., s.v., (N. Yks.) He’s a great tangly lad.

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