Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - twine

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English twin, from Old English twin; akin to Middle Dutch twijn ~, Old English twa two  Date: before 12th century  1. a strong string of two or more strands twisted together  2. archaic a ~d or interlaced part or object  3. archaic an act of twining, interlacing, or embracing  • twiny adjective  II. verb  (~d; twining)  Date: 13th century  transitive verb  1.  a. to twist together  b. to form by twisting ; weave  2.  a. interlace the girl ~d her hands — John Buchan  b. to cause to encircle or enfold something  c. to cause to be encircled  intransitive verb  1. to coil about a support  2. to stretch or move in a sinuous manner ; meander the river ~s through the valley  • ~r noun  III. verb  (~d; twining)  Etymology: alteration of Scots twin, from Middle English twinnen, from twin double  Date: 1722  transitive verb chiefly Scottish to cause (one) to lose possession ; deprive ~d him of his nose — J. C. Ransom  intransitive verb chiefly Scottish part you and me must ~ — R. L. Stevenson