textual, textuel

[Fr. textuel =of or in a text, from texte =a text (q. v.).] 1. Learned or versed in texts. "But, for I am a man not textuel, I wol not tel of textes never a del." Chaucer: C. Т., 17,185. 2. Pertaining to or contained in the text. "So stands the case, upon the foot of the textual reading."-Water land: Works, vi. 163. 3. Serving for or depending on texts; textuary. "Speculation interchanged with experience, positive theology with polemical, textual with discoursorie." Bp . Hall : Works , (Dedic.)