Drilling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Drilling	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Drilling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drilling n the act of drilling Synonym(s): drilling, boring the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum Synonym(s): boring, drilling, oil production
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drill \Drill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drilling}.] [D. drillen to bore, drill (soldiers); probably akin to AS. pyrlian, pyrelian, to pierce. See {Thrill}.] 1. To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal. 2. To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to instruct thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch of knowledge; to discipline. He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers. -- Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drilling \Drill"ing\, n. 1. The act of piercing with a drill. 2. A training by repeated exercises.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drilling \Drill"ing\, n. The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drilling \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.