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- noun Plural form of
seine . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
seine .
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Examples
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In former years they were so abundant that they were caught by the thousand in seines; on one occasion five thousand are said to have been taken; the people in the village scarcely knew what to do with them; some were salted, others thrown to the hogs.
Rural Hours 1887
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By the 1960s, commercial-fishing techniques, including modern versions of massive nets known as "purse seines," vastly improved efficiency of the bluefin catch.
Tuna Fight Muddies Waters Over Damage From BP Spill Jeffrey Ball 2011
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Der Anblick seines unbekleideten Oberkörpers hat mich ganz und gar verzaubert.
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In Festrift des Institutes für Radiumforschung Anlässlich seines 40jährigen Bestandes (1910 – 1950).
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Radiumforschung Anlässlich seines 40jährigen Bestandes (1910 – 1950).
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By the beginning of the 20th century the otter trawl had been adopted by the foreign fleet [25], while the smaller motor powered Icelandic boats began to use gill nets, long lines, and Danish seines.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009
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Commercial fishing for herring started at Iceland in the 1860s when Norwegian fishermen initiated a land-based fishery on the north and east coasts using traditional Scandinavian beach seines.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009
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Anlässlich seines 40jährigen Bestandes (1910 – 1950).
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Sehnsüchtig erwarten Fans aus aller Welt den neuen Band seines Fantasy-Epos.
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Festrift des Institutes für Radiumforschung Anlässlich seines 40jährigen Bestandes (1910 – 1950),
jaime_d commented on the word seines
From "C. Musonius Rufus" by Guy Davenport
January 19, 2010