Look up: Well

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   Well
   A bored, drilled, or driven shaft, or a dug hole whose depth is greater than the largest surface dimension and whose purpose is to reach underground water supplies or oil, or to store or bury fluids below ground.
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   Well
   A hole, generally cylindrical and usually walled or lined with pipe, that is dug or drilled into the ground to penetrate an AQUIFER below the zone of saturation.
   Found on http://www.csc.noaa.gov/text/glossary.ht
   
   
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   well
   [adj] - in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury 2. [adv] - (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) `a book well worth reading` 3. [adv] - with great or especially intimate knowledge 4. [adv] - with prudence or propriety 5. [adv] - with skill or in a pleasing manner 6. [adv] - to a great extent or degree 7. [adv] - in a manner affording benefit or advantage 8. [adv] - in financial comfort 9. [adv] - to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree 10. [adv] - favorably 11. [adv] - thoroughly or completely 12. [adv] - indicating high probability 13. [adv] - without unusual distress or resentment 14. [adv] - (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard 15. [n] - an abundant source 16. [n] - a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid 17. [n] - an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway) 18. [n] - an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane`s landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship`s pumps 19. [n] - a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine 20. [v] - come up, as of liquids
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   WELL
   Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link (BBS)
   Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab
   
   
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   well
   a hole drilled in the earth for purpose of (1) finding or producing crude oil or natural gas; or (2) providing services related to the production of crude oil or natural gas.
   Found on http://www.workover.co.uk/og/w.htm
   
   
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   Well
   a hole drilled into rock by a drill bit.
   Found on http://www.energyinst.org.uk/education/g
   
   
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   well
   A space formed by a local lowering of the deck,such as the space between the ends of two water ballast tanks,or between the end of a doublebottom and a bulkhead. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • The space,running the whole width of the machine,between the front and back combs.In this space,the positioning of warp and pattern threads is effected ...
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   Well
   A bored, drilled, or driven shaft, or a dug hole whose depth is greater than the largest surface dimension and whose purpose is to reach underground water supplies or oil, or to store or bury fluids below ground.
   Found on http://www.dlservicesinc.com/Terminology
   
   
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   Well
   Well noun [ Middle English welle , Anglo-Saxon wella , wylla , from weallan to well up, surge, boil; akin to Dutch wel a spring or fountain. ............. See Well , intransitive verb ] 1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. « Begin, then, sisters of the sacred well .» Milton.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/23
   
   
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    Well
    Well intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Welled ; present participle & verbal noun Welling .] [ Middle English wellen , Anglo-Saxon wyllan , wellan , from weallan ; akin to OFries. walla , Old Saxon & Old High German wallan , German wallen , Icelandic vella , Germ ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/23
    
    
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    Well
    Well transitive verb To pour forth, as from a well. Spenser.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/23
    
    
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    Well
    Well adverb [ Compar. and superl. wanting, the deficiency being supplied by better and best , from another root.] [ Middle English wel , Anglo-Saxon wel ; akin to Old Saxon , OFries., & Dutch wel , German wohl , Old High German wola , wela , Icelandic & Danish vel , Swedish väl
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/23
    
    
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    Well
    Well adjective 1. Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered. « It was well with us in Egypt.» Num. xi. 18. 2. Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/23
    
    
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    well
    1. Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered. 'It was well with us in Egypt.' (Num. Xi. 18) ... 2. Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; h ...
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    well
    good adverb (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good` is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well`); `the children behaved well`; `a task well done`; `the party went well`; `he slept well`; `a well-argued thesis`; `a well-seasoned dish`; `a well-planned party`; `the baby can walk pretty good`
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    well
    wellspring noun an abundant source; `she was a well of information`
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    well
    noun a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
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    well
    adverb in a manner affording benefit or advantage; `she married well`; `The children were settled advantageously in Seattle`
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    Well
    • (v. i.) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring. • (v. t.) To pour forth, as from a well. • (v. i.) A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in. • (v. i.) Fig.: A s...
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    WELL
    (from the article `Internet`) Why does this matter? The military played an essential role in shaping the Internet`s architecture, but it was through the counterculture that many ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/21
    
    
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    WELL
    A deep rounded hole in a cave floor or on the surface in karst.
    Found on http://www.cancaver.ca/docs/glossary.htm
    
    
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    well
    well, aperture in the earth's surface through which substances in a natural underground reservoir, such as water, gas, oil, salt, and sulfur, can flow or be pumped to the surface. In the United States, until some years after the Civil War, the majority of wells were “open,” i.e., holes d...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08518