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(n) : 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; a metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle
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Definition of skein:

(n) : 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; a metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle
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