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| skein | |
| 1. n. A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel. |  |
| 2. n. (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle. | |
| 3. n. (zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary. | |
| 4. n. (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. | |
| 5. n. (zoology, provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight. | |
| 6. n. (sports) A winning streak. | |
| 7. v. To wind or weave into a skein. | |
