Associations to the word «Skein»
Noun
Adjective
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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.