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Driven well   /drˈɪvən wɛl/   Listen
Driven well

noun
1.
A well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water.  Synonym: tube well.






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"Driven well" Quotes from Famous Books



... operate the pump. Water supply that is received directly from underground is by far the best to use. A cesspool or outhouse must not be allowed on the premises with a well, otherwise the well will be contaminated and unfit for domestic use. An open well is not as sanitary as a driven well, as the surface water and leaves, etc., get into it and decay and pollute the water, and soon make it unfit for ...
— Elements of Plumbing • Samuel Dibble

... "We have driven well," said she, "but why do you tremble? here, creep into my warm fur." Then she seated him beside her in the sledge, and as she wrapped the fur round him he felt as if he were ...
— Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen • Hans Christian Andersen



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