Twine \Twine\, v. i.

1. To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved.

2. To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.

As rivers, though they bend and twine, Still to the sea their course incline. --Swift.

3. To turn round; to revolve. [Obs.]

--Chapman.

4. To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally; as, many plants twine.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Twine \Twine\, n. [AS. twin, properly, a twisted or double thread; akin to D. twijn, Icel. twinni; from twi-. See Twice, and cf. Twin.]

1. A twist; a convolution.

Typhon huge, ending in snaky twine. --Milton.

2. A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.

3. The act of twining or winding round. --J. Philips.

Twine reeler, a kind of machine for twisting twine; a kind of mule, or spinning machine.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)