schene

English

Etymology

Latin schoenus, from Ancient Greek σχοῖνος (skhoinos, a rush, a reed, a land measure).

Noun

schene (plural schenes)

  1. (historical) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.


Dutch

Verb

schene

  1. singular past subjunctive of schijnen

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