/say"buyn/ , adj.
1. of or belonging to an ancient people of central Italy who lived chiefly in the Apennines northeast of Rome and were subjugated by the Romans about 290 B.C.
n.
2. one of the Sabine people.
3. the Italic language of the Sabines.
[ 1350-1400; ME Sabinus ]
/say"buyn, -bin/ for 1; /seuh been"/ for 2 , n.
1. Wallace Clement (Ware) , 1868-1919, U.S. physicist: pioneered research in acoustics.
2. a river flowing SE and S from NE Texas, forming the boundary between Texas and Louisiana and then through Sabine Lake to the Gulf of Mexico. ab. 500 mi. (800 km) long.