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noun
A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The amount of thread wound on a shuttle or reel.
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noun
A trouble or difficulty deliberately created.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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verb
To wind (yarn) onto a pirn, usually by means of a pirn winder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Perhaps from prin (“twig, shoot”), variant of prene (“spike, nail”), from Old English preon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (“knitting needle”).
