skeine
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
skeine (plural skeines)
- Alternative form of skean
References[edit]
- “skeine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Yola[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English skayne, from Old French escaigne.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skeine
- skein, as of thread
- 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:
- Vear'd nodhing mot Portheare. Na skeine e'er ee-waare.
- I feared nothing but Porter. No skein I ever wore.
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 67