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Webster 1913 Edition


Cion

Ci′on

,
Noun.
[OF.
cion
. See
Scion
.]
See
Scion
.
The
cion
overruleth the stock; and the stock is but passive, and giveth aliment, but no motion, to the graft.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cion

CION

,
Noun.
A young shoot, twig or sprout of a tree, or plant, or rather the cutting of a twig, intended for ingrafting on another stock; also, the shoot or slip inserted in a stock for propagation.

Definition 2024


cion

cion

See also: -ción and ĉion

English

Noun

cion (plural cions)

  1. (chiefly in botanical senses) Alternative spelling of scion
    • 1621–1626 (published posthumously in 1627): Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum : or, A Natural History ; in ten centuries, century V, Experiments in consort touching the putting back or retardation of germination, ¶ 421; reprinted in:
    • 1838, The works of Lord Bacon : with an introductory essay, and a portrait ; in two volumes, volume 1, page 133 (London : William Ball, Paternoster Row ; stereotyped and printed by John Childs and son)
      421. Men have entertained a conceit that showeth prettily ; namely, that if you graft a late-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh early, the graft will bear early ; as a peach upon a cherry ; and contrariwise, if an early-coming fruit upon a stock of a fruit-tree that cometh late, the graft will bear fruit late ; as a cherry upon a peach. But these are but imaginations, and untrue. The cause is, for that the cion overruleth the stock quite : and the stock is but passive only, and giveth aliment, but no motion to the graft.

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Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cɪnˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cin (love, affection; esteem, respect).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular ceana)

  1. love, affection, fondness (+ ar (for))
    cion agam oraibh.
    I am fond of you pl.
  2. regard, esteem
  3. effect, influence
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Etymology 2

From Old Irish cin (share, due portion).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular cion)

  1. share, amount
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Etymology 3

From Old Irish cin (guilt, fault, crime, offence).

Noun

cion m (genitive singular ciona, nominative plural cionta)

  1. offence, transgression; blame
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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cion chion gcion
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "cion" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • cin” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old French

Etymology

Frankish *kiþ, cognate with English kid.

Noun

cion m (oblique plural cions, nominative singular cions, nominative plural cion)

  1. child, usually a newborn

Descendants

  • English: scion (and its variant forms)
  • French: scion

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cion m (genitive singular cion, no plural)

  1. lack, want, shortage, scarcity

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