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skein definition

skein (skān)

noun

    1. a quantity of thread or yarn wound in a coil
    2. something like this, as a coil of hair
  2. a flock of wild fowl
  3. a sequence of events, esp. a series of games won or lost by a team a 20-game winning skein

Etymology: ME skeyn < MFr escaigne

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