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▪ I. puteal, n. Rom. Antiq.|ˈpjuːtiːəl|
[a. L. puteal, (-āle), orig. neuter of puteālis: see next.]
The stone curb surrounding the mouth of a well.
[1832Gell Pompeiana II. xiii. 27 A marble mouth or puteale.] 1850J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art (ed. 2) §379 note, The Capitoline puteal has adopted a younger figure of Hermes. 1862E. Falkener Ephesus i. iv. 63 Vestiges of a circular building, the small size of which renders it probable that it formed a puteal.
▪ II. † ˈputeal, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. puteālis, f. puteus pit, well.]
Of or pertaining to a well or pit.
1656Blount Glossogr., Puteal, of or belonging to a pit or well. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 219 The best water, therefore, is fontane, fluvial, and puteal water. |