Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pewit . - noun A spring; a fountain; a well; a rill.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring.
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Examples
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Make a "well" ( "un puit") with the dry ingredients, in which to add the following: beaten eggs and milk.
Recette / Recipe 2010
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Make a "well" ( "un puit") with the dry ingredients, in which to add the following: beaten eggs and milk.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Make a "well" ( "un puit") with the dry ingredients, in which to add the following: beaten eggs and milk.
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Make a "well" "un puit" with the dry ingredients, in which to add the following: beaten eggs and milk.
Recette / Recipe 2010
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Make a "well" "un puit" with the dry ingredients, in which to add the following: beaten eggs and milk.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Make a "well" "un puit" with the dry ingredients, in which to add the following: beaten eggs and milk.
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My question is, Did you ever say that you puit an X on him?
Freshwater: A Bonsell in the offing? - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Talking about so-called alternative energies I see in French magazines more and more articles about what they call “un puit Canadien” i.e “a Canadian well” it has nothing to do with water but is a very simple system that cool a house in summer and reduce heating costs in winter.
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But other advanced learner dictionaries are puit out by Cambridge, Longman, Macmillan and Collins (my second choice).
Varieties and Variations Sharon Bakar 2005
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Pour l'histoire l'annee derniere un Parisien m'a demandé si c'etait pas trop dur d'aller puiser l'eau au puit tous les matins quand je lui ai dit que je venais de Champagne ....
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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