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skein

Pronunciation: (skān), [key]
—n.
1. a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
2. anything wound in or resembling such a coil: a skein of hair.
3. something suggestive of the twistings of a skein: an incoherent skein of words.
4. a flock of geese, ducks, or the like, in flight.
5. a succession or series of similar or interrelated things: a skein of tennis victories.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

skeigh

skeletal

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