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adjective
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
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Artesian
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artesian
1830, from Fr. puits artésien "wells of Artois," French province where such wells were first bored 18c. by Bélidor (1698-1761), from O.Fr. Arteis, from Atrebates, a tribe who lived in northwestern Gallia. Cf. Arras.
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