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reskeining

reskeining is the present participle and gerund 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 reskeining

What is reskeining the present participle and gerund of?
Reskeining is the present participle and gerund of reskein.

Words near reskeining in the dictionary

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

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