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单词 prunall
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prunalln.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prunelle.
Etymology: < French prunelle pupil of the eye (late 11th cent. in Old French as prunele (Rashi)), specific use of prunelle sloe (see prunello n.). Compare Old Occitan prunella (mid 13th cent. in this sense).Compare the following apparently isolated use of prunella in this sense:1688 A. Pitfeild tr. C. Perrault Mem. Nat. Hist. Animals 22 There is no Creature that stirrs the Prunella when all the rest of the Eye stands still.
Obsolete. rare.
The pupil of the eye.
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1612 P. Lowe Art Chyrurg. (ed. 2) i. xi. 31 Eyes..ouerwhelmed with some cataract or taye which couereth the prunall called the windowe of the eye.
1626 W. Vaughan Direct. Health (ed. 6) iv. i. 89 Some other times the Prunall of the eye is grieued.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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