Associations to the word «Skein»

Wiktionary

SKEIN, noun. 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 round a fifty-four inch reel.
SKEIN, noun. (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
SKEIN, noun. (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
SKEIN, noun. (zoology) (provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
SKEIN, noun. (sports) A winning streak.
SKEIN, verb. To wind or weave into a skein

Dictionary definition

SKEIN, noun. Coils of worsted yarn.

Wise words

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