artesian
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ʒən adjective
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
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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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Artesian
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It was built over the town's artesian well to provide protection and shade.
Data indicate that there are two aquifers--a shallow aquifer and an artesian aquifer--separated by a clay-and-silt layer.
Another artesian well suddenly began feeding water to an old water trough.
If the pressure is high enough, water can flow from an artesian well.
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