seine needle (sanne"dl)

A needle with which the meshes of a seine are netted: same as hanging - needle. seiner (sā ner), n. [Early mod. E. also sayner; Sayners complayne with open mouth that these drouers worke much prejudice to the commonwealth of fishermen, and reape thereby small gaine to themselves. R. Carew , Survey of Cornwall, fol. 32. seine-roller (sān'rō"lėr), n. A rolling cylinder or drum over which a seine is hauled. seining (sa'ning), n. [Verbal n. of seine1, v. t.] The act, method, or industry of using the seine. seining-ground (sa'ning-ground), n. tom of a river or lake over which a seine is hauled. Also seine - ground. The bot seint1t, a. and n. An obsolete form of saint1. seint2+, n. [ He rood but hoomly in a medlee cote, Girt with a seynt of silk, with barres smale. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 329.