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SKEIN
skein
(noun) coils of worsted yarn
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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