Reference | Webster's Dictionary | T | Tweag to Twine

T — Tweag to Twine (Part 7 of 7)

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
(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.