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skeine

skeine is the alternative form of skean.

Meaning of skean

Noun

skean (plural skeans)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland, historical) A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.
  2. (Scotland) Synonym of sgian dubh (“a small, single-edged knife worn tucked into the hose (stocking) as part of traditional Scottish Highland dress along with the kilt”).
    Synonyms:
    sgian dubh

Forms of skeine

pluralskeines

Questions about skeine

What is skeine the alternative form of?
Skeine is the alternative form of skean.

Words near skeine in the dictionary

  1. Skehan
  2. Skehans
  3. skeiling
  4. skeilings
  5. skein
  6. skeine
  7. skeined
  8. skeiner
  9. skeiners
  10. skeines
  11. skeining

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skeine (page history and authors); skean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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