According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
SKEINS
Noun
skeins
plural of skein
Verb
skeins
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skein
Anagrams
• e-skins
Source: Wiktionary
SKEIN
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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