Hypertext Webster Gateway: "twining"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Twining \Twin"ing\, a.
Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by
winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Twining \Twin"ing\, a.
The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of
climbing spirally.
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