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Nov 30, 2009
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purse' seine"




1. a large seine, for use generally by two boats, that is drawn around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a line passing through rings attached along the lower edge of the net.
2. a technique of fishing that utilizes a purse seine to capture large schools of fish, esp. tuna.

purse-seine



Pronunciation: (pûrs'sān"), [key]
—v.i., -seined, -sein•ing.
to fish using a purse seine.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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