"scye" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /saɪ/ Forms: scyes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: Unknown Perhaps Old French sier (“to cut”), from Latin secare. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{der|en|fro|sier||to cut}} Old French sier (“to cut”), {{der|en|la|secare}} Latin secare Head templates: {{en-noun}} scye (plural scyes)
  1. An armhole (or, occasionally, a leghole) in tailoring and dressmaking.
    Sense id: en-scye-en-noun-Cr9xprKJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:",
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        [
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        [
          "dressmaking",
          "dressmaking"
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  ],
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
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    {
      "homophone": "psi"
    },
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      "homophone": "xi"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sai"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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        "Rhymes:English/aɪ/1 syllable"
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          "ref": "1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:",
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    },
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    },
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      "homophone": "psi"
    },
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