2. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind. Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches. Shak. All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the accounts of drunkenness. Jer. Taylor.
3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear. They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. Denham.
UNTIE
Un*tie", v. i.
Defn: To become untied or loosed.
UNTIGHTEN
Un*tight"en, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + tighten.]
Defn: To make less tight or tense; to loosen.
UNTIL Un*til", prep. Etym: [OE. until, ontil; un- (as in unto) + til till; cf. Dan. indtil, Sw. intill. See Unto, and Till, prep.]
1. To; unto; towards; — used of material objects. Chaucer. Taverners until them told the same. Piers Plowman. He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them until. Spenser.
2. To; up to; till; before; — used of time; as, he staid until evening; he will not come back until the end of the month. He and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity. Judg. xviii. 30.
Note: In contracts and like documents until is construed as exclusive of the date mentioned unless it was the manifest intent of the parties to include it.