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sein(e
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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…
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