SKEANS

noun

1. A double-edged, leaf-shaped, typically bronze dagger formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.

noun

1. A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
2. A web, a weave, a tangle.
3. The membrane of a fish ovary.