1) Amount of yarn 2) Ball of yarn 3) Coil of silk 4) Coil of wool 5) Coil of worsted yarn 6) Coil of yarn 7) Coiled length of yarn 8) Coiled quantity 9) Coils of worsted yarn 10) Entanglement 11) Flock in flight 12) Flock of geese 13) Flock of geese in flight 14) Flock of wild fowl 15) Flying flock
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1) Clew 2) Streak
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[hash function] Skein is a cryptographic hash function and one of five finalists in the NIST hash function competition. Entered as a candidate to become the SHA-3 standard, the successor of SHA-1 and SHA-2, it ultimately lost to NIST hash candidate Keccak. The name Skein refers to how the Skein function intertwines the input, similar to a s...
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. • (n.) A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).
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1. 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. ... A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread round a fifty-four inch reel. ... 2. A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. ... Origin: OE. Skeyne, OF. Escaigne, F. Ecagne, ...
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A continuous strand of YARN arranged in a loose coil.
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Skein noun [ Middle English
skeyne , Old French
escaigne , French
écagne , probably of Celtic origin; confer Ir.
sgainne , Gael.
sgeinnidh thread, small twine; or perhaps the English word is immediately from Celtic.]
1. A quantity of yarn, thread, or the lik...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: skān Definitions: 1. The coiled threads of chromatin seen in the prophase of mitosis.
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A skein is a measure of cotton equal to eighty threads.
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Skein is the collective noun for a group of geese in flight.
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[
n] - coils of worsted yarn
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V flying formation seen in ducks and geese.
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noun coils of worsted yarn
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Floss that is packaged together with a paper tube is called a skein. The color, brand and number should be written on the label.
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