SKEIN

skein

(noun) coils of worsted yarn

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

skein (plural skeins)

A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.

(figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.

(zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.

(wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.

(zoology, provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.

(sports) A winning streak.

Verb

skein (third-person singular simple present skeins, present participle skeining, simple past and past participle skeined)

To wind or weave into a skein.

Anagrams

• Knies, Neski, Nikes, e-skin, inkes, kines

Source: Wiktionary

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Skein, n. Etym: [OE. skeyne, OF. escaigne, F. écagne, probably of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. sgainne, Gael. sgeinnidh thread, small twine; or perhaps the English word is immediately from Celtic.]

1. A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot.

Note: A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread round a fifty-four inch reel.

2. (Wagon Making)

Definition: A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. Knight.

Skein, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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