Pu"pil (?), n. [F. pupille, n. fem., L. pupilla the pupil of the eye, originally dim. of pupa a girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil a scholar.] Anat. The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.
Pin-hole pupil Med., the pupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole.
Dunglison.
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Pu"pil, n. [F. pupille, n. masc. & fem., L. pupillus, pupilla, dim. of pupus boy, pupa girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil of the eye.] 1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor.
Too far in years to be a pupil now.
Shak.
Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.
L'Estrange.
2. A person under a guardian; a ward.
Dryden.
3. CivilLaw A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.
Syn. -- Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See Scholar.
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