twine

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English twyn, twyne, twin, from Old English twīn (“double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen”), from Proto-West Germanic *twiʀn (“thread, twine”), from Proto-Germanic *twiznaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”).

1. A twist; a convolution.

   “Not Typhon huge ending in ſnaky twine:”

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.

   “The orioles like to build the framework of twine, and it is marvelous how they will loop this around a twig almost as evenly knotted as if crocheted[…]”

3. The act of twining or winding round.

   “The Colewort's rankness, but with amorous twine / Clasps the tall Elm”

4. Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.

   “1965, Wilson Pickett, Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music. The way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine …”

verb

1. Alternative form of twin (“to separate”).