Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sindon"
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.
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