Skein

"Skein" in Finnish

akselin varren vahvistusnauha

(metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle of a wagon)

lentävä parvi

(group of wildfowl in flight)

munasarjan kalvo

(membrane of a fish ovary)

nauha koripajua

(thin strip of an osier used in basketmaking)

vyyhti

(quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape)

vyyhti

(thing resembling a skein of thread, yarn, etc.)

vyyhti

(tangle, weave, web)

vyyhtiä

(to weave or wind (thread, yarn, etc.) into a skein)

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