All these skeins should be wound off on cards, as endless entanglements follow the attempts made by the inexperienced to use thread from the uncut skein.
They summon the very essences of being, and find skeins for entangling them.
They brought skeins of spun cotton, and parrots, and javelins, and other little things which it would be wearisome to write down, and they gave everything for whatever was given to them.
Monday last, eighteen young ladies assembled, with their spinning-wheels, at the house of Captain Jonathan Treadwell, and spun 40 skeins of good linen yarn.
The block and with it the bowstring was next forced back against the resistance of the twisted skeins to the rear end of the trough, this being effected by a windlass attachment.
At that time silk in skeins was the only article of a determinate value in the trade and on the project of Ye lü ch'u ts'ai, minister of Ogodai, the taxes were also collected in silk delivered by weight.
At a later date (1859) he sent Yule, through Professor Wilson, skeins of coloured silks to name.
The principle may readily be gleaned from the accompanying diagram which exemplifies the two vertical skeins used in a portable balista for throwing arrows; by being fixed in a suitable frame an action like that of the bow could be obtained.
Next she selected some skeins of dyed linen thread from a heap of all the colors of the rainbow, mementoes of the work her busy fingers had done during many years.
She upped an' she oped it, and there were the little oo'd thing, with five skeins of flax on his arm.
Well, when har husban' he come in, there was the five skeinsriddy for him.
But when the time was gettin' oover, she began to think about them there skeins an' to wonder if he had 'em in mind.
They were fitted vertically in a frame open to the front: an arm was passed through each skein, and when the skeins were twisted, the arms sought to diverge from one another.
Into the air whirred up great skeins of wildfowl innumerable, with a cry as of all the bells of Crowland; while clear above all their noise sounded the wild whistle of the curlews, and the trumpet note of the great white swan.
The skeins after being laced were then bundled, or packed tightly, to be sent to the dye-house.
He saw how the raw silk which arrived at the factories in bales ranging from eighty to a hundred twisted skeins were weighed; sorted as to quality; soaked in oil so that the gum might be extracted, and the ends freed for winding.
It was then reeled into skeins again, this form being found the most convenient one for dyeing.
His duty was to run short threads in and out through the skeins of silk in order to divide them into four parts, and prevent them from becoming tangled in the dyeing.
Nimbly her fingers wrought, however, and very soon the skeinswere all laid out on her knee.
It is what Rereworth thinks; consoling himself for the loss of those pleasant hours when he disentangled skeins of silk.
Materials--2 skeins each of Blue and Gold-color Netting Silk; Walker's Penelope Crochet Needle No.
Three skeins of second-sized silk will be required.
This purse will take five skeins of second-sized netting silk.
Four skeinsof fine purse-silk, and four needles, No.
They will take sixteen skeins of white wool and eight of claret--No.
Aw've been robbed of ma horse and saddle and twelve skeins o' wool.
There he bought him twelve skeins of wool and sent him on his way rejoicing, with a horse worth five times his own.
It was he who stretched the skeins of the ballistas.
Some were waiting to dart out as soon as the cramps of the doors touched the walls; in the middle of the upper platform the skeins of the ballistas were turning, and the great beam of the catapult was being lowered.
The skeins must stay in warm water for at least four days, and be wrung out dry every hour or two, when the water is to be changed.
Of course the skeins must be bleached, otherwise the cloth made from them would look as if woven of tow, and this portion of the work mother is always very careful to look after herself.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "skeins" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
