Tangle of ravelings

• Divide silk into filaments
• " . . . the ravel'd ___ of care"
• " . . . ravell'd ___ of care": Shak.
• "The ravel'd ___ of care."
• Silk filament
• " . . . ravell'd ___ of care": Macbeth
• "The ravell'd __ of care": Shak
• Shakespeare's "___of care"
• Raveled silk

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. 2 Silk not yet twisted; floss. vb. (context weaving English) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.