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sindon

sindon


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sindon  \Sin"don\,  n.  [L.,  a  kind  of  fine  Indian  cotton  stuff, 
  Gr  ???.] 
  1.  A  wrapper.  [Obs.]  ``Wrapped  in  sindons  of  linen.'' 
  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  (Surg.)  A  small  rag  or  pledget  introduced  into  the  hole  in 
  the  cranium  made  by  a  trephine.  --Dunglison.