n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: twined ; twin · ing
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 < twined him of his nose ― J. C. Ransom>
intransitive verb chiefly Scottish : PART <you and me must twine ― R. L. Stevenson>