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Definition of Sindon

1. n. A wrapper.

Definition of Sindon

1. fine cloth [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sindon

1. 1. A wrapper. "Wrapped in sindons of linen." 2. A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine. Origin: L, a kind of fine Indian cotton stuff, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Sindon

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1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"sindon. (See Il,|sm,x.) SINE, in mathematics; a line drawn perpendicularly from one end of an arc upon the radius, drawn to the other end. ..."

2. King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of the Compendious History of the World by by Paulus Orosius, Joseph Bosworth, Robert Thomas Hampson (1858)
"... riffen L.— c sindon 10 L,C.— » and <o L.—10 rf-11 d bret- tannia ond ... him is J^res sius earm temon ha?t ost sie L.—11 / him w L.—12 ac sindon ..."

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