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Twining [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Twisting; winding round; uniting closely to; embracing.

2. In botany, ascending spirally around a branch, stem or prop.

Twining [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant.

2. The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally.

Twining [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913