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Well point   /wɛl pɔɪnt/   Listen
Well point

noun
1.
A perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area.  Synonym: wellpoint.






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"Well point" Quotes from Famous Books



... the pedigree we have been insisting, are responsible not only for whatever the individual is, but for whatever society is,—whatever the race is. They are not personal matters, as C. B. Davenport and H. H. Laughlin well point out; "they come to us from out of the population of the past, and, in so far as we have children, they become disseminated throughout the population of the future. Upon such traits society is built; good or bad they ...
— Applied Eugenics • Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson

... risk a certain amount of misconception," Herbert replied languidly. "I may as well point out that I still hold the shares required as a director's qualification, which is all it was necessary for me to do. Was it your intention to keep the stock you ...
— Ranching for Sylvia • Harold Bindloss



Words linked to "Well point" :   tubing, tube



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