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Search phrase: skein

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The Taming of the ShrewTS IV.iii.109Braved in mine own house with a skein of thread?Brau'd in mine owne house with a skeine of thred:
Troilus and CressidaTC V.i.28immaterial skein of sleave-silk, thou green sarcenetimmateriall skiene of Sleyd silke; thou greene Sarcenet

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sleave[of silk] strands, threads, skein

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skeinsleave

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SKEINBASICskein n

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