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TWINING
Noun
twining (countable and uncountable, plural twinings)
(countable) A layout or motion that twines.
(British, uncountable, regional, Cumbria) complaining or grumbling
Verb
twining
present participle of twine
Proper noun
Twining (plural Twinings)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Twining is the 20057th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1333 individuals. Twining is most common among White (95.8%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Twin"ing, a.
Definition: Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.
Twin"ing, a.
Definition: The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally.
TWINE
Twine, n. Etym: [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.
Twine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twined; p. pr. & vb. n. Twining.] Etym: [OE. twinen, fr. AS. twin 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.
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 Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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