Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of small spool or bobbin for holding yarn or thread.
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Examples
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She shrieked: not a frightened shriek, but a banshee skreel of rage.
No Limits Peter David 2003
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The skreel of a hundred curlews arose from the gullies -- how I love their lonely wail!
My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin 1916
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At lang length t 'tune gat to be nobbut a shrike an' a skreel.
More Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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