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Definition of: seine
(sān) noun
Any long fishnet, having floats at the top edge and weights at the bottom, and hauled by its ends to close around a body of fish.
—v.t. & v.i. seined, sein·ing To fish or catch with a seine. [OE segne <L sagena <Gk. sagēnē a fishing net]
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