ar‧te‧si‧an well /ɑːˌtiːziən ˈwel $ ɑːrˌtiːʒ
ən-/
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: artésien 'of Artois, area of northern France where such wells were first made']
a
well from which the water is forced up out of the ground by natural pressure
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