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Untie v. t. (past & past part. untied; pres. part. untying)

To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot. "Sacharissa's captive fain Would untie his iron chain." "Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink."

To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. "Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches." "All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness."

To resolve; to unfold; to clear. "They quicken sloth, perplexities untie."

Untie v. i. (past & past part. untied; pres. part. untying) To become untied or loosed.

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"Untying" Quotes from Famous Books

... him, Mas'r!" said Sam, putting Haley's rein in his hand, and holding his stirrup, while Andy was untying the ...

— Uncle Tom's Cabin • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... gleamed. She began untying the knots. The handkerchief was old, the knots tied tight, and undisturbed for years. As she reached the last knot, and felt the hard stones, she paused. "This was my ...

— Ramona • Helen Hunt Jackson

... See—lots of it! Mountains of it!" yelled Eleanor, trying to drag her nuggets from the boot without untying the strings. ...

— Polly of Pebbly Pit • Lillian Elizabeth Roy

... the leaders when within two hundred yards of the creek, frequently jumping our horses over the putrid carcasses of dead cattle. The main body of the herd were trailing for three quarters of a mile in our rear, and none of the men dared leave their places. Untying our slickers, Splann and I fell upon the leaders and beat them back to the brow of the hill, when an unfortunate breeze was wafted through that polluted atmosphere from the creek to the cattle's nostrils. Turning upon us and now augmented to several hundred ...

— The Outlet • Andy Adams

... things which we have related were passing in the parlor of the hotel Tigre-Royal, in another apartment of the same hotel, seated near a large fire, was a man shaking the snow from his boots, and untying the strings of a large portfolio. This man was dressed in the hunting livery of the house of Orleans; the coat red and silver, large boots, and a three-cornered hat, trimmed with silver. He had a quick eye, a long pointed nose, a round ...

— The Regent's Daughter • Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

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