单词 | blow-well |
释义 | > as lemmasblow-well blow-well n. Brit. /ˈbləʊwɛl/ , U.S. /ˈbloʊˌwɛl/ (see quot.)ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > spring > [noun] > other types acidulae1670 redwater1712 blow-well1799 sand boil1937 1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln i. 15 In the parishes of Tetney, Fulstow, and that vicinity, blow-wells, which are deep flowing pits of clear water, which flow in considerable streams. 1854 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 9 283/1 Natural springs in the northern slope of the Chalk in Lincolnshire..called blow-wells, which may be considered as naturally Artesian. 1924 Kendall & Wroot Geol. Yorks. i. xlvii. 626 On the warp-lands of Holderness and the Humber estuary there bubble up with great vigour a series of springs known as ‘blow-wells’... A ‘blow-well’ is a natural artesian discharge. < as lemmas |
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