Noah Webster
Untie
UNTI'E, verb transitive
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.
3. To loosen from coils or convolution; as snakes untied.
4. To loose; to separate something attached; as, to untie the tongue.
5. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.