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seine

(sān)

noun

a large fishing net with floats along the top edge and weights along the bottom

Origin: ME seyne < OE segne < early WGmc borrowing < L sagena < Gr sagēnē < IE base *twak-, to enclose tightly

transitive verb, intransitive verb seined, seining

to fish with a seine

Related Forms:

seiner noun

river in N France, flowing northwest through Paris into the English Channel: 482 mi (776 km)

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noun

A large fishing net made to hang vertically in the water by weights at the lower edge and floats at the top.

verb seined seined, sein·ing, seines

verb, intransitive

To fish with such a net.

verb, transitive

To fish for or catch with such a net.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English segne

Origin: , from Germanic *sagina

Origin: , from Latin sagēna

Origin: , from Greek sagēnē

Related Forms:

seinˈer noun

A river of northern France flowing about 772 km (480 mi) generally northwest to the Bay of the Seine, an inlet of the English Channel, near Le Havre. It has been an important commercial waterway since Roman times and has figured significantly in the histories of Paris, Rouen, and Le Havre.

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