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‖ ˈciron Obs.
Also 8 syrone.
[F. ciron mite.]
The Itch-mite (Acarus scabiei). Also ciron-worm.
[1530Palsgr. 290/2 Worme in the hand, ciron. 1611Cotgr., Ciron, a Hand-worme.] 1685Cooke Marrow Chirurg. (ed. 4) iv. §2. viii. 212 Sirones are Pustules in the Palm of the Hands or Soals of the Feet, having little Worms in them. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxv, Whence comes this Ciron-worm? 1725Sloane Jamaica II. 192 [Of the Chigo] If taken out like a Ciron there is no harm. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 765 The ciron, or chegoe, which eat into..the flesh of negroes. |