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1. sein(e n.

Additional spellings: seine
14 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A fishing net; a dragnet; (b) a place in which one has the right to fish with a net; a fishing right; also, the quantity of fish one has the right to catch; (c) med. a thread, bristle, or number…

2. sī̆gne n.

285 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) An indication; proof, evidence; a characteristic, mark; (b) in signe of, as a token of (sth.), as an indication of (sth.); also, as a testimony to (sth.), as a memento of (sth.); in signe that, to…

3. sī̆ring(e n.

Additional spellings: siringe
10 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. (a) A hollow tube for bringing medicine to an interior organ or for irrigation of an ulcer; (b) a thin probe-like instrument for dislodging a stone in the urethra; (c) ?error for springinge ger…

4. spīce n.(2)

80 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A type or kind of person, flavor, etc.; (b) the human species; mannes spice, mankind; (c) a species of plant; a genus of animals, fish, trees, etc.; (d) med. & pathol. a type or variety of…

5. sponǧe n.

41 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A piece of the elastic, absorbent, and porous spongin skeleton of various species of Porifera, a sponge; (b) the sponge as an instrument of the Passion, the sponge soaked with vinegar and gall…