(Luke 19:20; John 11:44; 20:7; Acts 19:12) These terms were used in much the same manner and having much the same significance as at the present.
·noun A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face or ha...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Only once in Authorized Version (Acts 19:12). The Greek word (sudarion) so rendered means properly "...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
·noun A <<Handkerchief>>. II. Napkin ·noun A little towel, or small cloth, ·esp. one for wiping the...
(Gr. soudarion, John 11:44; 20:7; Lat. sudarium, a "sweat-cloth"), a cloth for wiping the sweat from...
a pocket handkerchief. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·noun The infolded abdomen of a crab. II. Apron ·noun A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cann...
Found in the Authorized Version in Gen. 3:7, of the bands of fig-leaves made by our first parents. I...
, or stomach-piece A strengthening compass timber fayed abaft the lower part of the stern, and abo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. ...
·- The string of an <<Apron>>. ...
An estate held by a man during his wife's life. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose