circ (serk)

[L. circus, a circle: see circus, cirque.] A prehistoric stone circle. Circs of the same sort are still to be seen in Cornwall. T. Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry, I. i. circ. An abbreviation of circa. circa (sèr'kä), adv. [L., adv. and prep., about, around, equiv. to circum, about: see circum-.] About; at or near a date given, when the exact time is not known: as, circa A. D. 500. Abbreviated circ., ca., or c. Circæan, a. See Circean.