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Rareskein
The correct spelling is skein.
How to pronounce skein
/skeɪn/
nounIPA: /skeɪn/
Say it like: Ska-yn
The correct spelling is skein. 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 around a fifty-four inc…
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Meanings
noun
- 1.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 around a fifty-four inch reel.
- 2.A web, a weave, a tangle.
- 3.The membrane of a fish ovary.
- 4.(wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
- 5.(provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
verb
- 1.To wind or weave into a skein.
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