Artery

ar'ter-i, n. a tube or ve el which conveys blood from the heart —(uij Arte'rlal [L.—Gr. artena, ong. the windpipe, the bronchia;, then applied to the arteries perh. conn, with artad, fasten to, hang from.] Artesian, ar-t£'zhan, adj. applied to wells made by boring until water is reached. [From Artois (anc. Artesinm in the north of France, where these wells are said to have been first made.)