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verb
Untwist  v. t.  
1.
To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine. "If one of the twines of the twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist."
2.
To untie; to open; to disentangle.






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"Untwist" Quotes from Famous Books



... are!" exclaimed the Prince, gratefully. "How terrible if, after all my journeying, I had spoilt the charm! Can I do anything for you? I will help hunt for the sixpence if you like, or I will beg the Wizard to untwist you." ...
— Prince Vance - The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box • Eleanor Putnam

... anything less than the glance of a loving eye. What's the good of being down in the mouth about a little rain? I'll get up—I'll unskewer my hair—I'll put on that dress, if I die for it." I started out of bed; I stood before the looking-glass; I began to untwist, to unroll; I did the corkscrew movement; I jerked—I shook my hair out—ripple, ripple, ripple, it fell over my shoulders. Then I rested awhile, and winked my eyes with exquisite satisfaction—for freedom is sweet both to the ...
— Phemie Frost's Experiences • Ann S. Stephens

... up or forward; as moisture is returned, they advance and so on; indeed they may be actually seen to travel forwards. The capsules of the geranium furnish admirable barometers. Fasten the beard, when fully ripe, upon a stand, and it will twist itself, or untwist, according as the air is moist or dry. The flowers of the chick-weed, convolvulus, and oxalis, or wood sorrel, close their petals on the ...
— Flowers and Flower-Gardens • David Lester Richardson

... thread upon our knee, To untwist and break with ease, And place the cords, one, two, and three, So that the points are ...
— How to Make a Shoe • Jno. P. Headley

... changed and is no more the same that it was; it has never been the same since Jesus left it. The air is charged with heavenly odors, and a kind of celestial consciousness, a sense of other worlds, is wafted on us in its breath. It were easier to untwist all the beams of light in the sky, separating and expunging one of the colors, than to get the character of Jesus, which is the real gospel, out ...
— The Life Radiant • Lilian Whiting



Words linked to "Untwist" :   twist, straighten, straighten out



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