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puit¹

  • /pjuːt/

Rhymes with -uːt

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French puits (“well”).

noun puits

  1. obsolete A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring. Further on is a puit or pit, bored in the last century, in search of salt; and then smaller reservoirs, with the blasting holes.

puit²

  • /pjuːt/

Rhymes with -uːt

noun puits

  1. An insectivorous shore bird, the brown-headed gull. But these pirates are always successful, as are the rats, who steal at dead of night upon the eggs, devouring them; for your rat is a deadly enemy to the puit, and many another bird besides.

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"puit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/puit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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puit. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/puit

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"puit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/puit.

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@misc{puit_2026,
  title = {puit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}