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artesian, a.|ɑːˈtiːʒən|
[ad. F. artésien, f. OF. Arteis, now Artois, name of an old province of France.]
Pertaining to Artois, or resembling the wells made there in the 18th cent., in which a perpendicular boring into a synclinal fold or basin of the strata produces a constant supply of water rising spontaneously to the surface of the ground. By extension applied to water obtainable by artesian boring.
1830Lyell Princ. Geol. (1875) II. iii. xlviii. 578 Artesian borings at Calcutta. 1860Tristram Gt. Sahara xvii. 287 Here, in every village, centuries before the principle of the artesian well was acknowledged in Europe, the Rouar'a have been in the habit of boring simple artesian wells. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 33 The fountains in Trafalgar Square are fed with water from an Artesian well. 1893Pop. Sci. Monthly XLII. 607 In the West many people discredit the possibility of artesian water in many favorable localities, because of the absence of consolidated strata. 1897Westm. Gaz. 21 Apr. 8/2 A very large part of the interior of Western Australia is wholly unfitted for the purposes of human habitation. Its appearance may ultimately be changed by the discovery of artesian water. |