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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Twine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twined p. pr. & vb. n. Twining.]
 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.]
 5. To mingle; to mix. [Obs.]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 twined
      adj : wound or wrapped around something; "hair twined around her
            fingers"; "bulky with twisted stitches around the
            edges" [syn: twisted]