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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 artesian
 噴水井的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ar·te·sian a.  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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 artesian
      adj : (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic
            pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure" [syn:
             flowing] [ant: subartesian]