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seine definition

seine (sān)

noun

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

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

transitive verb, intransitive verb seined, seining sein′·ing

to fish with a seine

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Seine definition

Seine (sān; Fr sen)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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