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Webster 1913 Edition

Pluvial

Plu′vi-al

,

Adj.

[L.

pluvialis

, fr.

pluvia

rain: cf. F.

pluvial

. See

.]

1.

Of or pertaining to rain; rainy.

[R.]

2.

(Geol.)

Produced by the action of rain.

Plu′vi-al

,

Noun.

[LL.

pluviale

a garment which keeps off the rain: cf. F.

pluvial

.]

A priest’s cope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pluvial

PLU'VIAL