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Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- 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 round a fifty-four inch reel.
- (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
- (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
- (zoology, provincial England) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
- (sports) A winning streak.
Verbit
- To wind or weave into a skein
Esimerkit
- The practical application of what I have said is very close to the problem which I am investigating. It is a tangled skein, you understand. and I am looking for a loose end.
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