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  • They used in-Skein audio, zipblips of sound, compressing sentences to millisecond duration.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Adam Roberts 2010

  • Skein of life wise, it turned out quite well, eventually.

    In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Personally, I was part of a group of eight cryptographers that submitted Skein to the competition.

    America's Next Top Hash Function Begins 2008

  • Personally, I was part of a group of eight cryptographers that submitted Skein to the competition.

    America's Next Top Hash Function Begins 2008

  • Skein examines the range of customers who come in to buy firearms at a rural Colorado gun store.

    It's Showtime for Edie Falco and Weeds 2008

  • “Original Skein,” which will get a new title in the U.S., aired last fall.

    Who Went Home on The Biggest Loser? 2007

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  • 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

  • See skein.

    September 23, 2018