Definitions
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- noun See
skean .
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- noun Alternative form of
skean .
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Examples
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No why art thou then exasperate, thou idle imma-terial skeine of sleive silke, thou greene sacenet flap for a sore eye, thou toslell of a prodigalls purse-thou ah how the poore world is pestred with such water flies, diminitives of nature.
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2096: Brau'd in mine owne house with a skeine of thred:
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