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Definition of skeans:

(n) : (Scotland) Synonym of sgian dubh (“a small, single-edged knife worn tucked into the hose (stocking) as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress along with the kilt”).
(n) : (Ireland, Scotland, historical) A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
(n) : Obsolete spelling of skein. [A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.]
Definition of skeans:

(n) : (Scotland) Synonym of sgian dubh (“a small, single-edged knife worn tucked into the hose (stocking) as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress along with the kilt”).
(n) : (Ireland, Scotland, historical) A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
(n) : Obsolete spelling of skein. [A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.]
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