SKEIN

/skeɪn/
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Definition

/skeɪn/
noun
  1. 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. A web, a weave, a tangle.
  3. The membrane of a fish ovary.
verb
  1. To wind or weave into a skein.

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