Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Artesian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Artesian \Ar*te"sian\, a. [F. art['e]sien, fr. Artois in France,
where many such wells have been made since the middle of the
last century.]
Of or pertaining to Artois (anciently called Artesium), in
France.
{Artesian wells}, wells made by boring into the earth till
the instrument reaches water, which, from internal
pressure, flows spontaneously like a fountain. They are
usually of small diameter and often of great depth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
artesian
adj : (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic
pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure" [syn:
{flowing}] [ant: {subartesian}]
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