English-Thai Dictionary
skein
N กลุ่ม ด้าย ที่ พัน กัน ยุ่งเหยิง klum-dai-ti-pan-kan-yung-yoeng
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SKEIN
Skein, n. Etym: [OE. skeyne, OF. escaigne, F. écagne, probably of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. sgainne, Gael. sgeinnidh thread, small twine; or perhaps the English word is immediately from Celtic. ]
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.
Note: A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread round a fifty-four inch reel.
2. (Wagon Making )
Defn: A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. Knight.
SKEIN
SKEIN Skein, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like ). [Prov. Eng. ]
SKEINE
SKEINE Skeine, n.
Defn: See Skean.
New American Oxford Dictionary
skein
skein |skān skeɪn | ▶noun a length of thread or yarn, loosely coiled and knotted. • a tangled or complicated arrangement, state, or situation: the skeins of her long hair | figurative : a skein of lies. • a flock of wild geese or swans in flight, typically in a V-shaped formation. ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French escaigne, of unknown origin.
Oxford Dictionary
skein
skein |skeɪn | ▶noun 1 a length of thread or yarn, loosely coiled and knotted. • an element that forms part of a complex or complicated whole: he weaves together the skeins of philosophy, ecology, folklore, and history. 2 a flock of wild geese or swans in flight, typically in a V-shaped formation. ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French escaigne, of unknown origin.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
skein
skein /skeɪn /名詞 C 1 (糸などの )かせ, 束 .2 もつれ, 混乱 .3 (ガンなどの )群れ .
The Wordsmith Dictionary