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punctal, a. (n.) rare.|ˈpʌŋktəl|
[In quot. c 1400, perh. an error for punctual a. 1. In quot. 1897, rendering med.L. punctālis (Wyclif), f. punct-um point: see -al1.]
A. adj.
†a. Of the nature of a point or puncture (obs.).
b. Occupying a point in space.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 104 Make smale cauteries punctale, þat is to seie as smal as þe eende of a pricke, bitwene ech whirlebon of þe necke. 1897M. H. Dziewicki Wyclif's De Logica iii. (1899) p. xviii, If every punctal atom is and remains eternally the same, then the elements would remain in their compounds. Ibid. p. xxiii, His idea of the universe—one material being, made up of punctal atoms, filling all possible space.
B. † n. A dot, speck, small spot. Obs. rare.
1688J. Clayton in Phil. Trans. XVII. 990 The white Owl..all the Feathers upon her Breast and Back being Snow-white, and tipp'd with a Punctal of Jet-black. |