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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: at the edge of the shoulder, there is a #133532 09/27/2004 4:40 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Interesting word. Not in the OED 1st edition. A knitting magazine had an etymology of arm's eye. May be a folk etymology, maybe not. Addendum: found a ref to a Scots word scye (or sey) that means opening. http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/glossary.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted at the edge of the shoulder, there is a of troy 09/27/2004 4:34 PM Re: at the edge of the shoulder, there is a jheem 09/27/2004 4:40 PM Re: at the edge of the shoulder, there is a Jackie 09/28/2004 1:21 AM Re: at the edge of the shoulder, there is a Jackie 09/28/2004 1:46 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,366 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,199 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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