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Arteʹsian Wells

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So called from Arteʹsium (the Latin for Artois), in France, where they were first bored.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Arras
Arria
Arrière Pensée (plural arrières pensées)
Arrot
Arrow
Arrowroot
Arsetēs (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Artaxerxes
Artegal (Sir) (in Spenser’s Faërie Queene)
Artemus Ward
Artesian Wells
Artful Dodger
Arthegal
Arthur
Arthurian Romances
Arthur’s Seat
Articles of Roup (Scotch)
Artists, The Prince of
Artotyrites
Arts
Arundel

See Also:

Artesian wells