A pit of, or for, water; spec. (a) a well or hole sunk in the ground to procure water; (b) a pit for storing water; (c) a pit into which water or…

A pit dug in the ground to obtain a supply of spring water; spec. a vertical excavation, usually circular in form and lined with masonry (which…

A hole in the ground filled with water; a well, a waterhole; a pond, a pool. Now regional.

A small pool, especially of standing water; a small pond or water-pit; a shallow well or tank; a puddle, a plash; a small lake.

A deep well from which water is drawn by a bucket suspended to a rope.

a draw-well.

A well-wheel (turned by a crank); hence, a well. Obsolete. (Cf. dialect winch-well a deep well, and quot. 1888 at wink, n.2)

General, as brine-bath, brine-house, brine-pit, brine-spring, brine-tub, brine-water, brine-well; brine-bound, brine-dripping, brine-soaked, adjs.

A flow of salt water or brine out of the earth; a brine-spring, brine-well. Also as attributive.phr.

A naturally occurring or man-made pit, pond, reservoir, or tank used to collect water, other liquids, or dissolved or suspended material contained…

A well having a pump combined with it, a well fitted with a pump; (also) a receptacle in which water is collected to be removed by pumping.

a well with a spout for discharging water; (also) a well fed by a spout or spring.

a pit or hole (either in a mine or at ground level) used to collect water or other liquids; a cesspool; also figurative (cf. cesspool, n. 3).

a well made by excavation.

A well or pool of water. Obsolete.

a well from which the water is drawn by a bucket.

a well bored perpendicularly into water-bearing strata lying at an angle, so that natural pressure gives rise to a constant supply of water with…

a well that is not deep; spec. (see quot. 1972 shallow end n.).

a well whence water is got by dipping.

a well at which garlands were suspended as offerings.

a village's communal water pump; frequently used allusively (cf. parish pump, n.).