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reskeined

reskeined is the simple past and past participle of reskein.

Meaning of reskein

Verb

reskein (third-person singular simple present reskeins, present participle reskeining, simple past and past participle reskeined)

  1. (transitive) To weave or wind back into a skein.
    • If you are dyeing already-spun yarn, you may wish to reskein it—if you used an extra-long skein, simply loop it over two chair backs to hold it in place and reskein with a niddy-noddy—or wind right into a ball to prepare for your next project.2026, Katherine Augustine, “Dyeing in the Baking Aisle”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 36

Questions about reskeined

What is reskeined the simple past and past participle of?
Reskeined is the simple past and past participle of reskein.

Words near reskeined in the dictionary

  1. resizer
  2. resizers
  3. resizes
  4. resizing
  5. reskein
  6. reskeined
  7. reskeining
  8. reskeins
  9. resketch
  10. resketched
  11. resketches

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