Seined vs Sained - What's the difference?
seined | sained |
(seine)
A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
* 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 169:
(label) To use a seine, to fish with a seine.
(sain)
(archaic) To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
To make the sign of the cross.
(archaic) To bless, to keep from evil influence.
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As verbs the difference between seined and sained
is that seined is past tense of seine while sained is past tense of sain.seined
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(Seine fishing) (en noun)- They were too busy hauling at ropes, collectively drawing a large seine across the bay before them – and singing their hearts out.
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* English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----sained
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* * *sain
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(en verb)- 1983 , Robert Nye, The Facts of Life :
- The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay.