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11Dug — Dig Dig (d[i^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug} (d[u^]g) or {Digged} (d[i^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Digging}. Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to …
12Well drilling — Tricone rock bit Well drilling is the process of drilling a hole in the ground for the extraction of a natural resource such as ground water, natural gas, or petroleum. Drilling for the exploration of the nature of the material underground (for… …
13well — {{11}}well (adv.) in a satisfactory manner, O.E. wel, common Germanic (Cf. O.S. wela, O.N. vel, O.Fris. wel, Du. wel, O.H.G. wela, Ger. wohl, Goth. waila well ), from PIE *wel , *wol (Cf. Skt. prati varam at will, O.C.S …
14well — 1. adj. In marine insurance, a term used as descriptive of the safety and soundness of a vessel, in a warranty of her condition at a particular time and place; as, warranted well at...on... 2. In old reports, good, sufficient, unobjectionable in… …
15well — The shaft of an elevator. An excavation or hole dug, bored, or drilled into the earth for the purpose of obtaining water from subterranean sources. Anno: 55 ALR 1536, s. 109 ALR 419. The term ordinarily includes, as appurtenant thereto, so much… …
16well — a hole dug or drilled into the ground to allow access to groundwater …
17well — 1. A shaft or hole sunk into the earth to obtain water, oil, gas, or minerals [10]. 2. A deep vertical rounded hole or shaft in the floor of a cave or at the bottom of a closed depression [10]. 3. A bored, drilled or driven shaft, or a… …
18well — The means of tapping underground water or springs (Gen. 21:25). Because water was sometimes scarce, wells, artificially dug, were extremely important and often fiercely fought over for possession. They could also be in the form of deep cisterns… …
19Water well — Village pump redirects here. For information on Wikipedia project related discussions see Wikipedia:Village pump. Water well at the Wald monastery in Germany. A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving,… …
20Big Well (Kansas) — The Big Well, in Greensburg, Kansas, USA, is a water well that was designed to provide water for the Santa Fe and Rock Island railroads. [http://www.bigwell.org/bigwell.html Big Well official homepage] ] It was built in 1887 at a cost of $45,000 …
