Scion

si'un, n. A young shoot or sprout of a clusion. -klu, zhun. n. Act of inclosing on all sides. [F. scion, OF. cion, F. scier, L. secare. to [L. claudere, to shut.] Circumduct, -dukf, section, sci ors, saw, etc.] To lead about or astray. (Lav.) To contravene si'fer, n. (Arith.) A character [0] which, nullify. [L. ducere, ductum, to lead.] — Circumduc'- by itself, expre es nothing, but when tion, n. A leading about, an an null ins. — Circam''- at the right hand of a whole number, inference, -fer-ens, n. The line that encompa es a cir value tenfold cular figure periphery space included in a circle; of no worth a combi- /[ s~\ anything circular external surface of a sphere or a name;of letters,an enigmatical asn a tical the initials char- /—^/A/1Xl\//\J/r) orbiculartial, -shal,body.a. Pert,[L./erre,to, etc.to —bear.]Circum'ferem'tor, — Circum feren-ter. a private alphabetlphabet for ^\\]\ n. A surveyors' instrument for taking horizontal transmi ion off secrets. — 111 angles and bearings. — Gir'cumflex, n. A wave of [ciphered (-ferd), Ci- 1 J the voice embracing both a rise and fall on the same To practice arithsyllable: a character, or accent, denoting in Greek a — To write in oc- ^ipner. rise and fall of the voice on the same long syllable, characters to represent. [F. chiffre, OF. cifre, marked thus or -*]; and in Latin and some other Ar. s\fr same as zero.'] languages, a long and contracted syllable, marked ser-se'an, a. Pert, to Circe, a fabled en- «].— v. To mark or pronounce with a circummagioal noxious. flex. [L. fl£ctere,flerum, to bend.] — Circum 'ftuent. -elan. See under Circus. -fluous. -floo-us, a. Flowing around surrounding in sSr'Td, a- A plane figure, bounded by a curve the manner of a fluid. ['L.fluere. to flow.] — Circumstin, eube, full moon, f cow, oil; linger or ink, then, boNbox, chair, get. 108 CIRCUS 92 fuse, -fuz', v. To pour round, spread round. [Lfundere, fusum, to pour.] — Circumfusion, -lu'zhun, Act of, or state of being, etc. — Cir'cumgyra''- tion, -jl-ra's hun, Act of turning or whirling round. [L. gyrure, to turn around.] — Circumja'- cent, -sent, a. Lying around bordering on every side. [L.jacens, p. pr. of jacere, to — Cir'cumlocu'tion, -ku's hun, A circuit of words periphrase. [L. loqui, locution, to speak.] — Cir cumloc utory, -lok'u-to-rt, a. Pert, to, etc.; periphrastic. — Circumnavigate, -navr t-gat, v. To sail around pa round by water. [L. navigare, -gatum, to sail, fr. nav is, ship.] — Circumnav'igable, -ga-bl, a. Capable of being, etc. — Cir'cumnav'iga'tion, Act of, etc. — Cir'cumnav'iga'tor, -ter, One who, etc. — Circumpo'lar, a. About or near the pole. [L. pol us, pole.]— Cir'cumposi'tion, -zish-un,n. Act of placing in a circle, or state of being so placed. [L. pone-re, positum, to place.]— Cir'cumrota'tion, -ta'- shun, Act of revolving round state of being whirled round. [L. rotare, to turn round, rota, wheel.] — Circumro'tary, -tatory, -ta-to-rt, a. Turning, rolling, or whirling round. — Cir'cum scribe, -skrib, v. [-scribed (-skrlbd), -scribing.] To inclose within a certain limit, hem in, limit, restrict, restrain. VL. scribere, scriptum, to write, draw.] —Circumscrib able, a. Capable of being, etc. — Circumacrib'er, — Circumscription, -sk rip-shun, Exterior line determining the form or magnitude of a body limitation by conditions, restraints, etc. bound limit. — Cir cum scrip'tible, -tl-bl, a. Capable of being, etc. — Cireumscrip'tive, -tiv, a. Defining the external form. — Cir'cumspect, -spekt, a. Attentive to all the circumstances of a case cautious watchful vigilant. [L. spicere or specere, spectum. to look.] — Circumspection, -spek's hun, n. Attention to, etc. deliberation warine forecast. — Circumspect'ive, -iv, a. Looking round every way careful of consequences. — Cir'cumspect'ly, adv. — Cir'cumspect'ne , n. — Cir'cum stance, -stans, n. The condition of things surrounding an event something attending on a fact, though not e ential thereto a particular incident or adjunct, pi. Condition in regard to worldly estate state of property. — [-stanced (-stanst), -stancing.] To place relatively, or in a particular situation. [L. stans, p. pr. of stare, to stand.] — Circumstantial, -stan's hal, a. Consisting in, or pert, to, circumstances, or particular incidents; abounding with, or exhibiting all of, the circumstances minute particular. — n. Something incidental to the main subject, but of le importance. — C. evidence. (Law.) Any evidence not direct and positive. — Cir'cumstan'tial'- ity, -shY-al'TC-ti, n. State of anything as modified bv circumstances particularity in exhibiting circumstances minutene . — Cir^umstan'tially, -shal-lT, adv. According to circumstances in every particular. — Cir'cumBtan'tiate, -shT-at, v. To place in particular circumstances to enter into details concerning. — Circumvallate, -vallat, v. To surround with a rampart. [L. rallare, to wall.fr. vallum, rampart.] — Cir'cumvalla'tion, n. (Mil.) Act of surrounding with a wall a line of field works surrounding the camp of a besieging army. Circumvent', v. To gain advantage over, by arts, stratagem, or deception to deceive, delude. [L. venire, ventum, to come.] —Circumvention, -ven'- shun, n. Deception fraud imposture. — Circumvenfive, -iv, a. Deceiving by artifices. — Circumvest', v. To cover round as with a garment. [L. vestire, to cloth*, f vest is, garment.] —Circumvolve, -voW, v. [-volved (-volvd'), -volving.] To roll ronnd, cause to revolve. — v. To revolve. [L. volvere, volutum, to roll.] — CiT'cumvolu'tien, n. Act of, etc. thing rolled round another. Webster's Condensed Dictionary