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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skein  \Skein\,  n.  [OE.  skeyne,  OF  escaigne  F.  ['e]cagne, 
  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)  A  metallic  strengthening  band  or  thimble  on 
  the  wooden  arm  of  an  axle.  --Knight. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skein  \Skein\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  flight  of  wild  fowl  (wild  geese  or  the  like).  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skein 
  n  :  coils  of  worsted  yarn 




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