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seine

   [seyn] noun, verb, seined, sein·ing.
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).

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verb (used without object)
4.
to fish with a seine.
Origin:
before 950; Middle English seyne, Old English segne < West Germanic *sagina < Latin sagēna < Greek sagḗnē fishing net
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Seine

   [seyn; Fr. sen]
noun
1.
a river in France, flowing NW through Paris to the English Channel. 480 miles (773 km) long.
2.
a former department in N France.
Can be confused: sane, Seine.
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seine (seɪn)
 
—n
1.  a large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water by means of floats at the top and weights at the bottom
 
—vb
2.  to catch (fish) using this net
 
[Old English segne, from Latin sagēna, from Greek sagēnē; related to Old High German segina, Old French saïne]

Seine (seɪn, French sɛn)
 
—n
a river in N France, rising on the Plateau de Langres and flowing northwest through Paris to the English Channel: the second longest river in France, linked by canal with the Rivers Somme, Scheldt, Meuse, Rhine, Saône, and Loire. Length: 776 km (482 miles)

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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.
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