Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TWINE
TWINE, n.
- 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.
- A twist; a convolution; as, Typhon's snaky twine. Milton.
- Embrace; act of winding round. Philips.
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