skeins

/S K EY1 N Z/

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.
4
(wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
5
(provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
6
A winning streak.

verb

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