trans. To free from a wreathed or entwined condition; to disentwine, untwist. Also refl.
1591. Percivall, Sp. Dict., Destorcer, to vnwreath, detorquere.
1660. Boyle, New Exp. Phys. Mech., Digress. 379. The Beards of wilde Oats … continually wreath and unwreath themselves according to the even, light variations of the temperature of the ambient Air.
1731. Bailey (vol. II.), Unwrithen, unwreathed, untwisted, straitened.
1810. Southey, Kehama, XVI. xix. The Beast … Unwreathes his rings and strives to fly.
1822. Shelley, trans. Calderon’s Mag. Prodig., III. 75. Leafy Vine, unwreath thy bower.
