made eyen.Nauticalrare = Flemish eyen. at Flemishadj. Compounds.
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made eye1867
Grecian splice1883
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. BelcherSailor's Word-bk. 305Flemish eye, a kind of eye-splice... Often called a made-eye.