Skein

• A long coil of yarn
  Yarn
  
  Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibers, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery and ropemaking....
   or hair intended for weaving
  Weaving
  
  Weaving is the textile arts in which two distinct sets of yarn, called the Warp and the filling or weft , are interlaced with each other to form a textile....
  , dyeing
  Dyeing
  
  Dyeing is the process of imparting colours to a textile material in loose fibre, yarn, cloth or garment form by treatment with a dye....
  , or heat setting. Yarn sold in skeins often needs to be re-wound into spools or balls using a swift
  Swift (textiles)
  
  For other uses, see Swift A swift is a tool used to hold a skein of yarn while it is being wound off. It has an adjustable diameter so that it can hold skeins of many sizes, and rotates around a central rod....
   depending on the application. A skein is not a specific unit of length.
• The flight of a flock of undomesticated fowl such as wild mallard
  Mallard
  
  The Mallard , probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand , and Australia....
  s or wild geese
  Goose
  
  Goose is the English-language name for a considerable number of birds, belonging to the family Anatidae. This family also includes swans, most of which are larger than geese, and ducks, which are smaller....
  
• Skein relation
  Skein relation
  
  A central question in the knot theory is whether two knot diagrams represent the same knot. One tool used to answer such questions is a knot polynomial which is an knot invariant....
  , a mathematical concept often used to give a simple definition of knot polynomials
• A winning streak
  Winning streak (sports)
  
  In sports, a winning streak refers to a consecutive number of games won. The smallest "winning streak" is 1 consecutive win. A winning streak can be held by a team, as in baseball, football, basketball, hockey, or by an individual, as in tennis....
   in sports
• Fish eggs still held in the membrane, harvested from unripe fish ie: salmon or trout skein, used as fishing bait to catch the same.
• The Skein Hash Function, a candidate hash function
  Hash function
  
  A hash function is any algorithm or function which converts a large, possibly variable-sized amount of data into a small datum, usually a single integer that may serve as an array index into an array....
   to the NIST competition to replace the SHA family of hash functions.
• Television industry slang for a television show, common in editions of Variety
  Variety
  
  Variety may refer to:*Variety , a rank in botany below that of species.*Variety , the number of possible states of a system or of an element of the system....
  .

In popular culture

• The Tangled Skein
  The Tangled Skein
  
  First published under the title In Mary's Reign in 1901, this was Baroness Orczy's second novel. It was re-released under the title The Tangled Skein in 1907, following the success of The Scarlet Pimpernel....
  , a novel by Baroness Orczy
• With a Tangled Skein
  With a Tangled Skein
  
  With a Tangled Skein is a fantasy novel by Piers Anthony. It is the third of eight books in the Incarnations of Immortality series....
  , a novel by Piers Anthony, book three of Incarnations of Immortality
• Skein
  Skein (comics)
  
  Skein is a fictional character, a Mutant supervillain in the Marvel Comics Marvel Universe....
  , a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics
  Marvel Comics
  
  Marvel Comics is an American comic book and related media company owned by Marvel Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. Marvel counts among as its List of Marvel Comics characters such well-known properties as Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk , Iron Man, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and many others....
   universe