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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Skein

/skān/ · IPA /skeɪn/
01 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.
  1. 1.
    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. 2.
    A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.(Wagon Making)
02 n. A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).
  1. 1.
    A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).(Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]