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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Twine

Twine, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. TWINED; p. pr. & vb. n. TWINING.] [A-S. twīnan, from twi, two; D. twijnen, Icel. & Sw. tvinna, Dan. tvinde. See TWIBIL.]

  1. To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wind, as one thread or cord around another, or as any flexible substance around another body; as, fine twined linen.
  2. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

O, let me twine my arms about thee. Shak. Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. Pope.

  1. To change the direction of; to turn. [Obs.]
  2. To mingle; to mix. [Obs. and rare.] Crashaw.

Twine, v. i.

verbintransitive

1. To unite closely, or by complication of parts. Friends now fast sworn, who twine in love. Shak.

  1. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander. “As rivers, though they bend and twine.” Swift.
  2. To turn round; to revolve. [Obs.] Chapman.
  3. To ascend in spiral lines about a support; as, a plant twines.

Twine, n.

noun

[D. twijn, Icel. tvinni, a double thread, A-S. twin, fine linen. See supra.]

  1. A twist; a convolution. “Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine.” Milton.
  2. The act of twining or winding round.
  3. A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, sewing sails to their bolt-ropes, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.