Definition for TWINE

TWINE, n.

  1. A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together; used for binding small parcels, and for sewing sails to their bolt-ropes, &c. Twine of a stronger kind used for nets.
  2. A twist; a convolution; as, Typhon's snaky twine. Milton.
  3. Embrace; act of winding round. Philips.

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