seignioralty (senyoralti)

[ Those lands were seigneurial . Sir W. Temple . A century since, the English Manor Court was very much what it now is; but the signorial court of France was a comparatively flourishing institution. Maine , Early Law and Custom, ix. He [the tenant] was required to bake his bread in the seigneurial oven. Amer. Jour. Philol ., VII. 153. 2. Vested with large powers; independent. seignioriet, n. An obsolete form of seigniory. seigniorize (sē'nyor-īz), v. t.; pret. and pp. sei gniorized, ppr. seignior i zed. [Also signorise; As faire he was as Cit here as make, As proud as he that sign or is eth hell. Fairfax, tr. of Ta o, iv. 46. séguedille, Sp. seguidilla (= Pg. seguidilha ), a seigniory (se'nyor-i), n.; pl. seigniories (-iz). kind of song with a refrain or recurring se- [Formerly also seignory, seignorie, seigneury, seint. A Middle English form of the past parseindet. A Middle English form of the past sparticiple of sing a ), n. singel. [Formerly also sein , sean; early mod. E. sayne; The sayne is a net, of about fortie fat home in length, with which they encompa e a part of the sea, and drawe the same on land by two ropes fastned at his ends, together with such fish as lighteth within his precinct. R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall, fol. 30. They found John Oldham under an old seine , stark naked, his head cleft to the brains, and his hands and legs cut. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 226. Cod-seine, a seine used to take codfish near the shore, where they follow the caplin. - Drag-seine, a haul-ashore seine.-Draw-seine, a seine which may be pursed or drawn into the shape of a bag. - Haul-ashore seine, a seine that is hauled or dragged from the shore; a drag seine.-Shad-seine, a seine specially adapted or used for taking shad, and generally of great size. See def. - To blow up the seine, to pre against the lead-line of a seine in the endeavor to escape, as fish. To boat a seine, to stow the seine aboard of the seine-boat in such a manner that it may be paid out without entangling. A seine may be boated as it is hauled from the water, or after it has been hauled and piled on the beach. (See also purse - seine.) seinel (sān or sen), v. t.; pret. and pp. seined, ppr. seining. [ IMG:content-0522.png:[blocks in formation] gang; the men as distinguished from their gear. IMG:content-0523.png:[blocks in formation]