What's the difference between scye and stye?

Scye


Definition:

  • (n.) Arm scye, a cutter's term for the armhole or part of the armhole of the waist of a garnment.

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Stye


Definition:

  • (n.) See Sty, a boil.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Clegg rejected the suggestion that the riots were the fulfilment of his prediction, made prior to the election, that there would be Greek-stye riots over the Tory cuts plans.
  • (2) Surgical trauma preceded the development of two lesions in one patient and a second patient presented with a positive history of recurrent styes, a chalazion, and a questionable history of trauma to the lid.

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