Skeine vs. Skein — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Skeine and Skein
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Definitions
Skeine➦
Alternative form of skean
Skein➦
A length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil.
Skeine➦
See Skean.
Skein➦
Something suggesting the coil of a skein; a complex tangle
A twisted skein of lies.
Skein➦
A flock of geese or similar birds in flight.
Skein➦
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.
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Skein➦
(figuratively) A web, a weave, a tangle.
Skein➦
(zoology) The membrane of a fish ovary.
Skein➦
A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
Skein➦
A group of wild fowl (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.
Skein➦
(sports) A winning streak.
Skein➦
A series created by a web major broadcasting network.
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Skein➦
To wind or weave into a skein.
Skein➦
A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, - usually tied in a sort of knot.
Skein➦
A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
Skein➦
A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).
Skein➦
Coils of worsted yarn