sene

American  

[sey-ney] / ˈseɪ neɪ /

noun

plural

sene

1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, one 100th of a tala.

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Etymology

Origin of sene

First recorded in 1965–70; from Samoan, from English cent

Example Sentences

A locker in the ship's writing room mysteriously "blew out as if it were fed by gasoline or kero sene."

From Time Magazine Archive

"I've sene lord, and I've sene laird, And knights of high degree, Bot a fairer face than zoung Waters Mine eyne did never see."

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

I have sene, thou hast sene, he hath sene: we have sene, ye have sene, Jay ueu, tu as ueu, il a ueu: nous auons ueu, uous au�s ueu, they have sene. ilz ont ueu.

From An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Du Wés, Giles

Wyth many a sighe, she went her waye, To se howe she made herselff so gay, To walke, to se, and to be sene, And so out-faced the hathorne grene.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

It is ready to thame: and zit I feir that it will bring sum malheus, and may be sene gif ze chance to be hurt.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various