Emily Dickinson Lexicon

UN-TIE', v.t.

1. To loosen, as a knot; to disengage the parts that form a knot. Untie the knot.
2. To unbind; to free from any fastening; as, to untie an iron chain. Waller.
3. To loosen coils or convolution; as, snakes untied. Pope.
4. To loose; to separate something attached; as, to untie the tongue.
5. To resolve; to unfold; to clear. Watts.