different between skein vs stein

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)

2. 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.

3. (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.

4. (zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.
5. (wagonmaking) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.

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6. (zoology, Britain, dialect) A group of wild fowl, (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
7. (sports) A winning streak.
8. (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."

Translations

Verb

skein (third-person singular simple present skeins, present participle skeining, simple past and past participle skeined)

1. 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)

1. (kvæði) scratch, small wound

Declension

Related terms

• (common): skeina

Verb

skein

1. shone, singular past of skína (to shine)

Icelandic

Verb

skein

1. first-person singular past active indicative of skína
2. third-person singular past active indicative of skína
3. second-person singular active imperative of skeina

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• skinte

Verb

skein

1. simple past of skinne

Anagrams

• kisen, kneis, knise, ksien, nikse, siken, sinke, Skien, skien, sneik, snike

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skein

1. past of skina

English

Etymology

From a regional use of German Stein (“stone”). Probably a clipping of Steingut (“stoneware”) or Steinkrug (“stone pitcher”). Compare Old English st?na (“stone jug, a pot of stone or earth”). Doublet of stone. More at stean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta?n/

  Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

stein (plural steins)

1. A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass.
   • 1974, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

     A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.

Related terms

• Stein
• steinstrasse

Translations

See also

• beer glass
• tankard

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]

Further reading

• Beer stein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Tiens, inset, neist, nites, senti, set in, sient, snite, tines, tsine

Crimean Gothic

Alternative forms

• stern

Etymology

Possibly a corruption of stern. At any rate from Proto-Germanic *stern?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r.

Noun

stein

1. star
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Stein. Stella.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stei?n/

Noun

stein

1. indefinite accusative singular of steinn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta?n/

  Rhymes: -a?n

Adjective

stein (neuter singular stein, definite singular and plural steine)

1. (slang) stoned, under the influence of cannabis

Noun

stein m (definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steiner, definite plural steinene)

1. stone
2. pip (in citrus fruit, grapes)

Alternative forms

• sten (Bokmål)

Derived terms

Verb

stein

1. imperative of steine

References

• “stein” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (adverb): steinsens
  • steins (removed with the spelling reform of 2012)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæ?n/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz. Akin to English stone

Noun

stein m (definite singular steinen, indefinite plural steinar, definite plural steinane)

1. stone
2. pip (e.g. in citrus fruit, grapes, cherries)

Derived terms

Adjective

stein (indefinite singular stein, definite singular and plural steine)

1. (slang) stoned, under the influence of cannabis

Adverb

stein

1. (colloquial) Used as an intensifier; completely

   Noko er stein hakkande gale?

References

• “stein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz.

Noun

stein m

1. stone

Descendants

• Middle High German: stein
  • Alemannic German: Steei

    Swabian: Schdoi, Schdoa

  • Bavarian: Schdoa, Schdaa
  • Central Franconian: Stään, Steen, Stein

    Hunsrik: Steen, xtayn

    Transylvanian Saxon: Stien

  • German: Stein
  • Luxembourgish: Steen
  • Vilamovian: ?tan
  • Yiddish: ?????? (shteyn)

Old Norse

Noun

stein

1. indefinite accusative singular of steinn