Obs. Also 8 syrone. [F. ciron mite.] The Itch-mite (Acarus scabiei). Also ciron-worm.
[1530. Palsgr., 290/2. Worme in the hand, ciron.
1611. Cotgr., Ciron, a Hand-worme.]
1685. Cooke, 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.
a. 1693. Urquhart, Rabelais, III. xxv. Whence comes this Ciron-worm?
1725. Sloane, Jamaica, II. 192. [Of the Chigo] If taken out like a Ciron there is no Harm.
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., I. 765. The ciron, or chegoe, which eat into … the flesh of negroes.
