seton

About 0.64 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to induce suppuration; also, the issue so formed.

Similar words

attack watson karr stich sleave stitch steek stent shive lint

Often followed by

hall and was hill to in had merriman watson

Word family

Ernest Thompson Seton Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Seton