skein

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. Source: opted

2. n. A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. Source: opted

3. n. A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). Source: opted

4. n. coils of worsted yarn Source: wordnet

5. 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) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. Knight. A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). [Prov. Eng.] Source: webster

6. A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm ofan axle. Knight. Source: adambom

7. n:100 n. coils of worsted yarn Source: ecdict

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