SKEIN
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Skein (?), n. [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.
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&hand_; A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread round a fifty-four inch reel.
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2. (Wagon Making) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. Knight.
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Skein, n. (Zo&ö;l.) A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). [Prov. Eng.]
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