PIN'EAL, adjective [Latin pinus.] The pineal gland is a part of the brain, about the bigness of a pea, situated in the third ventricle; so called from its shape. It was considered by Descartes as the seat of the soul.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.