scye

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  1. The opening left in a garment where the sleeve is to be attached, and shaped by cutting so as to regulate the fit and adjustment of the sleeve. Also called arm-scye.

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  1. apparently a misspelling of Scots sey, the opening in a garment through which the arm passes (this being apparently another use of sey, a slice: see sey), simulating French scier, saw, Old French sier, cut, from Latin secure, cut, from the same root as sey, a slice: see scion, sey, saw, etc. Cf. armscye.
 

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