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Were you not restor’d 
To all the duke of Norfolk’s seigniories ?. Shakspeare. 
To SE'IGNORIZE, ». a. [seigneurier, Fr.] To lord 
over. Cotgrave, and Sherwood. 
As fair he was as Cytherea’s make. 
As proud as he that seignoriseth hell. Fairfax. 
SEIL, one of the Hebrides, belonging to Argyleshire. It 
is about three miles long, and two broad, separated from the 
mainland by auarrow strait, over which a bridge is thrown. 
The island is in general flat, but, possesses a few eminences, 
from the tops of which is a pleasant view of the many 
islands scattered over the ocean, and the distant mountains 
of Jura and Mull. 
SEILHAC, a small town in the interior of France, 
department of the Correze, with 1300 inhabitants; 6 miles 
north of Tulle. 
SEILLANS, a small town in the south-east of France, 
department of the Var, containing 2300 inhabitants. The 
adjacent country is rich in olives, and the town contains a 
number of oil mills; 14 miles north-east of Dragnignan. 
SEILLE, a small river in the east of France, which has its 
source near Lons le Saunier, and falls into the Saone, near 
Tournus. 
SEILLE LA GRANDE, a small river in the north-east of 
France, which rises near Dieuze, and falls into the Moselle, 
not far from Metz. 
SEIM, a term used by the farmers of Cornwall to express 
a certain determinate quantity of sea-sand, which they use as 
manure to their lands. 
SEIM AN, a village of Anatolia, in Asiatic Turkey; 48 
miles north north-east of Alah Shehr. 
SEIMARIEH, a village of Irak Arabi, on the Euphrates; 
42 miles west of Korna. 
. SEIN, an island of France, on the coast of Brittany, 
arrondissement of Quimper. It is inhabited by fishermen, 
who have retained the language and manners of ancient 
Brittany in all their purity. It lies in Long. 4. 42. W. Lat. 
48. 2. N. 
SEINE, s. [jegne, Saxon; seine, senne, seme, Fr.] A 
net used in fishing. See Sean.— They have cock-boats for 
passengers, and seine boats for taking of pilchards. Carew. 
SEINE, one of the four great rivers of France, and the 
only one of the four that flows into the English channel. It 
rises in the mountains of Burgundy, flows northwards 
through Champagne to Troyes, receives the Aube, and 
turning to the west, is joined by the Yonne, a river from the 
south, and before reaching Paris, by the Marne, a larger 
stream flowing from the west. At Paris, the Seine varies 
from 300 to 500 feet in width; and it soon after receives an 
addition to its stream by the influx of the Oise, when, 
pursuing a winding course to the north-west, it passes Rouen, 
and discharges itself into the sea, at Havre-de-Grace. Its 
volume of water is less than that of the Loire or Garonne, 
and far smaller than that of the Rhone; but its course being 
in general through a flat country, it is of easy navigation, 
and communicates by means of canals with several other 
rivers to the north and south, before reaching Paris. It 
admits vessels of considerable burden as far as Rouen, and 
boats as far as Troyes. Its mouth, however, is of difficult 
navigation, from the accumulation of sand. The length of 
its course exceeds 400 miles. 
SEINE, a department in the north of France, of a circular 
form, and which, though the smallest in the kingdom, takes 
thefirst rank in wealth and population, as it contains Paris. 
It is in fact nothing more than the capital; and its district 
forms a track nearly square, of which the breadth is about 
sixteen miles. Its surface is in general level, its soil fertile, 
its products partly corn and vines, but more fruit and 
vegetables for the supply of the capital. It is divided into 
three arrondissements, viz., Paris, St. Denis to the north, and 
Sceaux to the south of the capital. It is subject in a judicial 
sense to the royal court of Paris; in an ecclesiastical, to the 
archbishop of that capital. The number of villas and 
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country seats, though great, is far less considerable than in the 
district of London; the ground also is laid out more in 
pasture, and less in corn. The population is about 70,000, 
exclusive of Paris. For climate and municipal government, 
see Paris. 
SEINE, Lower, a department in the north of France, 
comprising the north-east part of Normandy, and bounded 
on the north and west by the English channel. Its extent 
is about 2500 square miles ; its population about G60.000, of 
whom about a twelfth part are Protestants. The surface is in 
general level, or undulating; the hills seldom attaining the 
height of mountains. The coast is for the most part bound¬ 
ed with sandy downs. The climate, like that of the south of 
England, is humid, and suitable to corn and pasture, but by 
no means to the culture of the vine. The principal fruits are 
pears and apples; the general drink cider; the exports are 
horses black cattle, cheese, and butter; the great market is Paris, 
and, for some articles, England. Hemp, flax, and cole-seed, 
are cultivated to a great extent. The only large river is the 
Seine. The fisheries at Dieppe and other parts of the coast 
supply large quantities of fish for Paris. The department is 
divided into five arrondissements, viz., Rouen (the capital), 
Havre-de-Grace, Dieppe, Yvetol, and Neufchatel. For 
manufactures, see Rouen. 
SEINE AND MARNE, a department in the north-east of 
France, occupying the western part of Champagne. Its 
extent is about 2320 square miles; its population about 
310,000. Its surface consists of gently undulating plains; 
its climate is mild, and its soil fertile. The rivers that water 
the department are the Seine, the Marne, the Great and 
Little Morin, and a number of lesser streams: the canal of 
Briare, which connects the Seine with the Loire, likewise 
traverses the southern cantons. The products here, as in the 
north of France generally, are wheat, barley, oats, flax, 
hemp, and in small quantity, vines. Paris affords an ample 
market for produce, and has caused agriculture and gardening 
to occupy the inhabitants much more than manufactures. 
This department is subject, in a judicial sense, to the 
royal court of Paris; in an ecclesiastical, to the bishop 
Meaux. It is divided info the arrondissements of Melun 
the chief town), Coulommiers, Meaux, Fontainbleau and 
Provins. 
SEINE AND OISE, a department of the north-east of 
France, adjacent to that of the Oise, and to that of the Seine 
and Marne. It comprises in an interior circle, the district 
of Paris, under the name of department of the Seine, and 
has, exclusive of that district, an extent of 2200 square 
miles, with a population of 440,000. The surface of this 
department is level, or gently undulating, the climate 
temperate, and the soil in general good. Its chief rivers are 
the Seine, the Marne, and the Oise. Its products are wheat, 
barley oats, hemp and flax; also fruit and vegetables, as in 
the south of England. Vines are reared, but in small 
quantity : the drink of the peasantry is cider. Paris is the 
great market for agricultural produce. The chief ma¬ 
nufactures are those of printed calicoes at Jouy, of porcelain 
at Sevres, of arms and clocks at Versailles. In jurisdiction 
this department is subject to the royal court of Paris, and is 
divided into the six arrondissements of Versailles (the capital), 
Mantes, Pontoise, Corbeil, Etampes, and Rambouillet. 
SEINE L’ABBAIE, St., a small town in the east of 
France, department of the Cote d’Or, near the source of the 
Ouche. ^ Population 800 ; 12 miles north-west of Dijon. 
SE’INER, s. A fisher with seine nets.— ■'Seiners complain 
with open mouth, that these drovers work much prejudice 
to the commonwealth of fishermen, and reap small gain to 
themselves. Carew. 
SEINSHEIM, or Market-Seinsheim, a petty town of 
Germany, in Bavarian Franconia; 19 miles east-south-east 
of Wurzburgh. Population 700. 
SEISACHTHEIA, [2e« ra^Geia, Gr.], a public sacrifice 
at Athens, in memory of Solon’s ordinance, by which the 
debts of poor people were either entirely remitted, or at least 
the interest due upon them lessened, and the creditors pre- 
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