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skein
[ skeyn ]
noun
- a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- anything wound in or resembling such a coil:
a skein of hair.
- something suggestive of the twistings of a skein:
an incoherent skein of words.
- a flock of geese, ducks, or the like, in flight.
- a succession or series of similar or interrelated things:
a skein of tennis victories.
skein
/ skeɪn /
noun
- a length of yarn, etc, wound in a long coil
- something resembling this, such as a lock of hair
- a flock of geese flying Compare gaggle
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Example Sentences
It’s dry, with apricot and pear flavors and a skein of minerality that carries the fruit through to a long, satisfying finish.
Murray doesn't draw any at all, and doesn't seem even to be aware that any such skein is required.
It was a part of himself, woven unchangeably into his life in a glowing skein, the brilliant colors of which could never fade.
Nevertheless, if the skein of ideas was entangled, each thread in itself was a thread of gold.
The spinning wheel stands against the wall and above it from a peg hangs a heavy skein of black wool.
But the Seine was but a skein of silk stretched across the city; the water was hidden by the craft.
Sometimes I dye one end of a skein, and leave the other untouched; that gives quite a good effect.
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