SKEIN

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


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. Knight.

3.
n.

A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). [Prov. Eng.]


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