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skein
/ˈsken/
工字形卷線軸,空中飛的鳥群,糾紛
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Skein
n.
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
.
Note:
☞
A
skein
of
cotton
yarn
is
formed
by
eighty
turns
of
the
thread
round
a
fifty-four
inch
reel
.
2.
Wagon Making
A
metallic
strengthening
band
or
thimble
on
the
wooden
arm
of
an
axle
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Skein
,
n.
Zool.
A
flight
of
wild
fowl
(
wild
geese
or
the
like
). [
Prov
.
Eng
.]
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
skein
n
:
coils
of
worsted
yarn
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