| Pronunciation: | | 'driling
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| Matching Terms: | | drilling bit, drilling fluid, drilling mud, drilling pipe, drilling platform, drilling rig
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- [n] the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
- [n] the act of drilling
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| | Synonyms: | | boring, oil production |
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| | See Also: | | creating by removal, production |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Drill"ing\, n.
1. The act of piercing with a drill.
2. A training by repeated exercises.
\Drill"ing\, n.
The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
\Drill"ing\, n. [G. drillich, fr. L. trilix having
three threads, fr. the of tres three + licium a thread of the
warm. See {Three}, and cf. {Twill}.] (Manuf.)
A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton.
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