Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete or Scotch plural of eye. See ee.
  • noun A termination of Latin origin, representing ultimately Latin -enus, -inus, etc., adjective terminations, as in damaskeen, tureen, canteen, sateen, velveteen, etc. See these words.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The old plural of eye.

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  • noun Scotland Plural form of ee.
  • adverb dialectal, Northern England even.
  • noun Scotland evening.

Etymologies

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From a contraction of even.

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From even ("evening").

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  • The old plural of eye.

    December 12, 2008