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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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  1. n. 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. n. A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
  3. n. A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).
  4. n. coils of worsted yarn
  5. A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm ofan axle. Knight.
  6. n:100 n. coils of worsted yarn