The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sibbens \Sib"bens\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Med.)
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.
[Written also sivvens.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sivvens \Siv"vens\, n. (Med.)
See Sibbens.
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