skean
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Noun
skean noun
- 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.
- A web, a weave, a tangle.
- The membrane of a fish ovary.
- (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
Noun
skean noun
- A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
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