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Skein
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
2. A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. Knight.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). [Prov. Eng.]