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Pronunciation : Skein
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. skeyne, OF. escaigne, F. ?cagne, probably of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. sgainne, Gael. sgeinnidh thread, small twine; or perhaps the English word is immediately from Celtic.]
Definition : 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)

Defn: A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. Knight.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Skein
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). [Prov. Eng.]

(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913