Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fishing-net; a net.
- n. The fundamental unit of Russian long measure, fixed by a ukase of Peter the Great at 7 feet English measure. Also sajene.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of sazhen.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A Russian measure of length equal to about seven English feet.
Examples
“The drag-net or hauling-net (Gr. sagene), of great size, and requiring many men to work it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sagene’.
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phrontistery-s
from phrontistery.info
sabaton, sabbatarian, sabbulonarium, sabelline, sabin, sable, sabliere, sabot, sabretache, sabulous, saburration, saccade and 1593 more...
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Sage advice
sage, sage advice, usage, sagebrush, passage, embassage, message, presage, Seven Sages of Rome, runer, massage, corsage and 48 more...
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A Peckerwick of Fiffoldry
fogray, whalesong, solregn, shoecabbage, thorn-bush, thistledown, pomander, thornbush, dreamy duskywing, sedge, unbunting-like, quilp and 119 more...
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manyfold
kirigami, chohanagata, kusudama, origami, polyptych, scapulet, bromeliaceae, monopodial, crinkle, peplos, plicate, accordion and 60 more...
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bilby Easy, just find an animal with seven feet and measure it. Nov 10, 2009
fbharjo a Russian measure of about seven feet Nov 10, 2009