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skein

[ skeyn ]

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.



skein

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a length of yarn, etc, wound in a long coil
  2. something resembling this, such as a lock of hair
  3. a flock of geese flying Compare gaggle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of skein1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English skeyne, skayne, from Middle French escaigne; further origin unknown
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of skein1

C15: from Old French escaigne, of unknown origin
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Chilton often patrols his ranch, driving with a gun over skeins of dirt roads.

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But the operatic plot is a skein that sometimes entangles its colorful character and other times leaves them panting with exhaustion.

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It starts with a spark, created from an organ called a skein that previously lay dormant, that gives girls, and then women, the power to electrocute at will.

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The legal debate is just one skein in the tangle of moral, political and economic concerns that the potential seizure of Russia’s reserves poses.

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Thick skeins of wires hooked up to generators form a canopy over the neighborhood.

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