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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 twining
 雙生;成對

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Twine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twined p. pr. & vb. n. Twining.]
 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.]
 5. To mingle; to mix. [Obs.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Twin·ing a. Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twining plant.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Twin·ing, a. The act of one who, or that which, twines; Bot. the act of climbing spirally.
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