eglomerate
To unwind, as a thread from a ball.
rare
At another signal from Barelegs, their tails gradually eglomerated, and all joyfully made away from the shore, landing in the same order about seventy yards lower down.
Where it comes from
From Latin eglomero, eglomeratus, from e- + glomeratus.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry eglomerate (CC BY-SA 4.0).