twine

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As the twine will be held fast, the ends can be cut off close to the rope.

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  1. transitive verb To twist together (threads, for example); intertwine.
  2. transitive verb To form by twisting, intertwining, or interlacing.
  3. transitive verb To encircle or coil about: The fence post was twined by vines.

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twine:   twined
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  1. Middle English twinen, from twin, twine, from Old English twīn, double thread; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also twyne; from Middle English twine, twyne, twin, double thread, from Anglo-Saxon twīn (= Dutch twijn; cf. Icelandic tvinni), a double thread, from twi-, two: see twi-. Cf. twin.
  2. from Middle English twinen, twynen = Dutch twijnen (cf. Icelandic tvinna = Swedish tvinna = Danish tvinde), twine, twist, literally ‘double,’ from Anglo-Saxon twin, a double thread: see twine, n.
  3. Var. of twin.
 

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