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skein
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) skean, skain
Etymology
From Middle English skayne, from Old French escaigne (Modern French écagne), probably of Proto-Celtic origin, from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to split off”)
Pronunciation
- enPR: sk?n, IPA(key): /ske?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
skein (plural skeins)
- A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. 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.
- 1935, T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Part I:
- You hold the skein: wind, Thomas, wind
- The thread of eternal life and death.
- 1935, T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Part I:
- (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
- 1923, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Creeping Man"
- 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.
- 1923, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Creeping Man"
- (zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.
- (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (zoology, Britain, dialect) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
- (sports) A winning streak.
- (radio, television, dated) A series created by a web (major broadcasting network).
- 1950, Billboard (volume 62, number 9)
- All three tele skeins are pitching furiously to snag the super Easter Day tele show to be bankrolled by Frigidaire, […]
- 1963, Radio Television Daily (volume 93, page 5)
- Three comedy shows from the U. S. are in the CTV lineup: CBSTV's Phil Silvers and Danny Thomas skeins and NBC-TV's "Harry's Girls."
- 1950, Billboard (volume 62, number 9)
Translations
Verb
skein (third-person singular simple present skeins, present participle skeining, simple past and past participle skeined)
- To wind or weave into a skein.
See also
- gaggle
- wedge
Anagrams
- Kines, Knies, Neski, Nikes, Sinke, e-skin, inkes, kines
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skai?n/
Noun
skein f (genitive singular skeinar, plural skeinir)
- (kvæði) scratch, small wound
Declension
Related terms
- (common): skeina
Verb
skein
- shone, singular past of skína (to shine)
Icelandic
Verb
skein
- first-person singular past active indicative of skína
- third-person singular past active indicative of skína
- second-person singular active imperative of skeina
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- skinte
Verb
skein
- simple past of skinne
Anagrams
- kisen, kneis, knise, ksien, nikse, siken, sinke, Skien, skien, sneik, snike
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
skein
- past of skina
skein From the web:
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sken
English
Etymology
Obscure origin, possibly related to askance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk?n/
Verb
sken (third-person singular simple present skens, present participle skenning, simple past and past participle skenned)
- (Northern English) to squint
- 1989, Marie Joseph, A World Apart, page 344:
- She's about seventy and skens like a basket of whelks, but she's as good as any doctor.
- 1861, Edwin Waugh, "The Birtle Carter's Tale About Owd Bodle":
- He skens ill enough to crack a lookin'-glass.
- 1989, Marie Joseph, A World Apart, page 344:
- (Northern English) to glance
References
Anagrams
- kens, neks, snek
Old Saxon
Verb
sk?n
- first/third-person past indicative of skinan
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?n/
Noun
sken n
- an appearance; guise
- skenet bedrar
- the appearance may fool you
- skenet bedrar
- a (strong) light
- månens matta sken
- the dim light of the moon
- månens matta sken
- bolting
Declension
Related terms
- månsken
- norrsken
- skenbar
- skenmanöver
- skina
- solsken
Verb
sken
- past tense of skina.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse skin, from skína, whence skiin.
Noun
sken n
- drought
Derived terms
- skenjol
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