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skein noun

  /skeɪn/
  • A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together in an oblong shape, 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.
  • (figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
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