Hypertext Webster Gateway: "untwist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Untwist \Un*twist"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twist.]
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.
--Wallis.
2. To untie; to open; to disentangle. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
untwist
v : cause to become untwisted [ant: {twist}]
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