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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twine \Twine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twined}; p. pr & vb n.
{Twining}.] [OE. twinen, fr AS tw[imac]n a twisted thread;
akin to D. twijnen to twine, Icel. & Sw tvinna Dan. tvinde
See {Twine}, n.]
1. To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of
threads; to wreathe; as fine twined linen.
2. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible
substance around another body.
Let me twine Mine arms about that body. --Shak.
3. To wind about to embrace; to entwine.
Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. --Pope.
4. To change the direction of [Obs.] --Fairfax.
5. To mingle; to mix. [Obs.] --Crashaw.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
twined
adj : wound or wrapped around something "hair twined around her
fingers"; "bulky with twisted stitches around the
edges" [syn: {twisted}]
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