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Meaning of 'sibbens' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sibbens [ n.]
- A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch.

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sib siberian sibilance sibilancy sibilant sibilate sibilation sibilatory sibilous sibyl

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