Pirn

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pirn \Pirn\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
     A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin;
     also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of
     a fishing rod. [Scot.]
     [1913 Webster]