skeined

Verb

skein (third-person singular simple present skeins, present participle skeining, simple past and past participle skeined)

1. (transitive) To weave or wind (thread, yarn, etc.) into a skein (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1).
   • Under section 7 of Act March 3, 1883, referring to section 2907, Rev. St., if skeining worsted or mohair yarns is necessary to render them merchantable yarns, the cost of skeining is a part of the value of the goods, and subject to duty. If skeining is necessary only for convenience in...1891, Mark Wilks Collet, reporter, “Stephenson v. Cooper, Collector”, in The Federal Reporter […] (National Reporter System, United States Series), volume 44, St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co....
2. (figuratively, transitive) To intertwine or weave (something) with another thing.
   • Water skeined the landscape. The Shannon River, lost since Limerick city, was drawing nearer to name the airport, and a tributary quickened its way towards it.1955, Elizabeth Bowen, chapter XI, in A World of Love, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, part I, pages 219–220

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