skeine

== English == === Noun === skeine (plural skeines) Alternative form of skean. === References === “skeine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === seekin' == Yola == === Alternative forms === skyne === Etymology === From Middle English skayne, from Old French escaigne. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skeːn/, /skai̯n/ === Noun === skeine skein, as of thread === References === 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