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noun
1.
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
2.
anything wound in or resembling such a coil: a skein of hair.
3.
something suggestive of the twistings of a skein: an incoherent skein of words.
4.
a flock of geese, ducks, or the like, in flight.
5.
a succession or series of similar or interrelated things: a skein of tennis victories.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English skeyne, skayne < Middle French escaigne < ?
1400–50; late Middle English skeyne, skayne < Middle French escaigne < ?
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Skeins
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
skein
c.1440, from M.Fr. escaigne "a hank of yarn," from O.Fr. escagne (1354), of uncertain origin.
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