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seton


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seton  \Se"ton\,  n.  [F.  s['e]ton  (cf.  It  setone),  from  L.  seta  a 
  thick,  stiff  hair,  a  bristle.]  (Med.  &  Far.) 
  A  few  silk  threads  or  horsehairs,  or  a  strip  of  linen  or  the 
  like  introduced  beneath  the  skin  by  a  knife  or  needle,  so  as 
  to  form  an  issue;  also  the  issue  so  formed. 




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