unskein

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verb

To unwind from a skein

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Meanings

verbunskein (third-person singular simple present unskeins, present participle unskeining, simple past and past participle unskeined)

present singular third person unskeins · participle present unskeining · participle past unskeined · past unskeined

  1. To unwind from a skein

    "Jess ... is assisting the hostess to unskein yarn and wind into a ball"

    2003, Kay Armatage, The Girl from God's Country: Nell Shipman and the Silent, page 56
  2. To unfurl, as if from a skein

    "In the sunshine his [Custer's] locks unskeined, stream a foot behind him"

    1865, American Newspaper

Origin

From skein.

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APA

unskein. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unskein

MLA

“unskein.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unskein. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unskein,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unskein.

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