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Examples
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They used in-Skein audio, zipblips of sound, compressing sentences to millisecond duration.
Archive 2010-01-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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Skein of life wise, it turned out quite well, eventually.
In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010
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This is easy when you visit The Yarn Yard and I thought joining their version of A Skein a Month Club would be an inspiring start to 2007's knitting.
Stashing wool 2007
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This is easy when you visit The Yarn Yard and I thought joining their version of A Skein a Month Club would be an inspiring start to 2007's knitting.
Stashing wool 2007
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So here, in the interests of full disclosure, I present the World's Crappiest Skein of Yarn Spun by a So-Called Experienced Handspinner:
August 2006 2006
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So here, in the interests of full disclosure, I present the World's Crappiest Skein of Yarn Spun by a So-Called Experienced Handspinner:
Full disclosure 2006
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Personally, I was part of a group of eight cryptographers that submitted Skein to the competition.
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Personally, I was part of a group of eight cryptographers that submitted Skein to the competition.
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Skein examines the range of customers who come in to buy firearms at a rural Colorado gun store.
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“Original Skein,” which will get a new title in the U.S., aired last fall.
Sim427 commented on the word Skein
Skein
1 or less commonly skean or skeane \ˈskān \ : a loosely coiled length of yarn or thread wound on a reel
2 : something suggesting the twists or coils of a skein : TANGLE
3 : a flock of wildfowl (such as geese or ducks) in flight
Definition of Skein (Entry 2 of 2)
transitive verb
: to wind into skeins
skein yarn
September 23, 2018
qms commented on the word Skein
See skein.
September 23, 2018