Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Seine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Seine
n 1: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and
then northward into the English Channel [syn: {Seine}, {Seine
River}]
2: a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the
top and weights at the bottom
v : fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine
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