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seine

  [seyn] noun, verb, seined, sein⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
–verb (used with object)
2. to fish for or catch with a seine.
3. to use a seine in (water).
–verb (used without object)
4. to fish with a seine.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME seyne, OE segne < WGmc *sagina < L sagēna < Gk sagnē fishing net

Seine

  [seyn; Fr. sen]
–noun
1. a river in France, flowing NW through Paris to the English Channel. 480 mi. (773 km) long.
2. a former department in N France.
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seine   (sān)   
n.  A large fishing net made to hang vertically in the water by weights at the lower edge and floats at the top.
v.   seined, sein·ing, seines

v.   intr.
To fish with such a net.
v.   tr.
To fish for or catch with such a net.

[Middle English, from Old English segne, from Germanic *sagina, from Latin sagēna, from Greek sagēnē.]
sein'er n.
Seine   (sān, sěn)   
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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Seine

Seine\, n. [F. seine, or AS. segene, b?th fr. L. sagena, Gr. ????.] (Fishing.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish.

Seine boat, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : seine
Spanish: su, sus (de él); (el) suyo, (la) suya, (los) suyos, (las) suyas (de él),
German: sein(e, *es),
Japanese: 彼の (もの)
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seine 
O.E. segne "drag-net," from W.Gmc. *sagina (cf. O.S., O.H.G. segina), a W.Gmc. borrowing of L. sagena (source of Fr. seine), from Gk. sagene "a fishing net," also "a hunting net," of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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