SEINING

Verb

seining

present participle of seine

Noun

seining (plural seinings)

fishing with a seine

Anagrams

• ingines, insigne

Source: Wiktionary


Sein"ing, n.

Definition: Fishing with a seine.

SEINE

Seine, n. Etym: [F. seine, or AS. segene, bsagena, Gr. (Fishing.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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