skeins

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A form of skein — A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of skein
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of skein
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