0 a length of wool or thread collected together into the shape of a loose ring
1 a large group of wild birds such as geese or ducks in flight
To do this, skeins of silk thread are immersed in large tubs of hydrogen peroxide.
The skeins were placed into bales and taken to the mill for processing.
Common sizes include 25 g, 50 g, and 100 g skeins.
At the edges, the sweep of line slows and reclaims its identity as a distinct part among the skeins of marks.
The arms were drawn rearward with a winch lever to further twist the skeins and thus gain the torsion power to cast a projectile.
The usual solution to the dye lot dilemma is to purchase sufficient skeins from the identical lot before beginning a project.
The service-to-others theodicy is a skein of unintended parodies on a theodicy of the ' if it wasn't for ...' variety.
Thread is generally packaged on spools instead of skeins or hanks and is offered for sale in a separate section from ordinary yarns or threads.
