Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: skain
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of skein.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Knouel, der, oder Kna̔uel, a Bottom or Clevv of Thread or of Yarn, a Hank, a Skain of Yarn or Thread."
"The aim of the rope-maker is to unite the strings of a great number of fibres. […] This is done by twisting or twining them together, which causes them to compress each other. […] Consequently, if we pull at this twisted skain, we shall not separate it by drawing one parcel out from among the rest, but the whole fibres will break; and if the distribution of the fibres has been very equable, the skain will be nearly of the same strength in every part."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

skains (plural)

Questions

What does skain mean?: Obsolete spelling of skein.

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