A variant or dialectal term of uncertain meaning, possibly related to an old measurement or unit.
Obscure etymology; possibly from Middle English or dialectal sources. The exact origin and meaning have been lost to time, making this a rare word in historical documents.
Eemis appears in very old texts but modern dictionaries barely know what to do with it—it's a linguistic ghost word, surviving in fragments but stripped of its original meaning!
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