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▪ I. sennit Naut.|ˈsɛnɪt|
Also 9 sennet.
[var. of sinnet.]
a. = sinnet.
b. (See quot. 1858.)
1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Sennit. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Sennit,..plaited straw or palm leaves, &c., of which grass hats are made. 1881Chequered Career 92 These young gentlemen are to be seen..making sennet, the latter amusement being on a par with picking oakum.
attrib. and Comb.1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 79 A sennit eye is worked in. c1898J. Chalmers in Lovett Life (1902) 146 The long sennit hawser kept on deck had been passed ashore to natives on the reef.
▪ II. sennit, -nyght, -nyȝt, -nyt
obs. ff. sennight. |