(n) United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895), Syn. James Merritt Ives, James Ives
[せん, sen] (n, n-suf) (1) line; stripe; stria; (2) line (e.g. telephone line); wire; (3) (See X線) ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; (4) line (e.g. of a railroad); track; route; lane; (5) outline; contours; form; (6) level; (7) division; (8) (See いい線) line (of action); position; approach; policy; principle; (9) (See 線が太い, 線が細い) impression one leaves; air one gives off; (P)#134
[mi] (suf) (1) (also written with the ateji 味) (See 甘み) -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives); (2) (See 深み) nominalizing suffix indicating location; (3) (See 降りみ降らずみ) (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ...#210