Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which drills.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, drills.

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  • noun One who drills.
  • noun A person in charge of a drilling rig.

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Examples

  • The driller is a friend of mine, and he has told me that his casing is set.

    Flowing Gold Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • Known in the industry as "skidable rigs," six of Williams rigs now in operation are made by the Helmerich & Payne manufacturing company, and are operated by a crew of five, including the "driller" who sits in a chair surrounded by computer consoles with touch-screens, and a kind of joy-stick to manipulate the drill itself.

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories 2010

  • Known in the industry as "skidable rigs," six of Williams rigs now in operation are made by the Helmerich & Payne manufacturing company, and are operated by a crew of five, including the "driller" who sits in a chair surrounded by computer consoles with touch-screens, and a kind of joy-stick to manipulate the drill itself.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2010

  • Known in the industry as "skidable rigs," six of Williams rigs now in operation are made by the Helmerich & Payne manufacturing company, and are operated by a crew of five, including the "driller" who sits in a chair surrounded by computer consoles with touch-screens, and a kind of joy-stick to manipulate the drill itself.

    Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories 2010

  • Known in the industry as "skidable rigs," six of Williams rigs now in operation are made by the Helmerich & Payne manufacturing company, and are operated by a crew of five, including the "driller" who sits in a chair surrounded by computer consoles with touch-screens, and a kind of joy-stick to manipulate the drill itself.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2010

  • Known in the industry as "skidable rigs," six of Williams rigs now in operation are made by the Helmerich & Payne manufacturing company, and are operated by a crew of five, including the "driller" who sits in a chair surrounded by computer consoles with touch-screens, and a kind of joy-stick to manipulate the drill itself.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2010

  • That was a water well driller I cut up with a plasma cutter.

    Trailer import. 2009

  • Petrohawk Energy Corp., another driller moving toward oil, reported a $50.9 million derivatives hit.

    Hedges Clip Gas Producers' Earnings Matt Day 2011

  • RIO DE JANEIRO—Billionaire Brazilian businessman Eike Batista , the Latin American country's wealthiest man, increased his stake in independent driller OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA, the company said in a regulatory filing late Monday.

    Batista Lifts Stake in Oil Company OGX Jeff Fick 2011

  • That was a water well driller I cut up with a plasma cutter.

    Trailer import. 2009

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