Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A twilled linen or cotton cloth, very stout, and used for waist-linings, summer trousers, etc. Also called
drill and drills. - noun That which is worn off by a drill from the substance drilled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Manuf.) A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton.
- noun The act of piercing with a drill.
- noun A training by repeated exercises.
- noun The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A long
firearm with three (or rarely, four)barrels . - verb Present participle of
drill . - noun Act of
drilling . - noun A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton;
drill .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of drilling
- noun the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
Etymologies
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Examples
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With the aggressive backing of the Bush administration, many members of Congress and the energy industry, at least a sixfold expansion in drilling is likely here in the coming decade.
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The definition drilling at both the east and west designed pit areas continues to intersect wide intervals of iron formation containing distinct zones of high-grade, coarse-grained, specular hematite-rich mineralization.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Celine Gaño 2011
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Fred Brackebusch, President of New Jersey Mining commented, The definition drilling being conducted for the open pit resource is yielding results better than I expected based on Newmont's widely spaced reverse-circulation drilling done in 1988 and 1989.
unknown title 2011
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Note that almost all the drilling is proposed for the coasts of red states.
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Note that almost all the drilling is proposed for the coasts of red states.
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Horizontal drilling is another impressive breakthrough that allows us to get to oil and gas that was previously unattainable.
Energy Crisis Over! Steve Forbes 2010
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Horizontal drilling is another impressive breakthrough that allows us to get to oil and gas that was previously unattainable.
Fact And Comment Steve Forbes 2010
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My cite also makes the point that Obama apparently believes that more drilling is fairly small potatoes – which other posters, somewhat more perspicacious than DTM have already grasped and made reference to.
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Horizontal drilling is another impressive breakthrough that allows us to get to oil and gas that was previously unattainable.
Fact And Comment Steve Forbes 2010
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Note that almost all the drilling is proposed for the coasts of red states.
chained_bear commented on the word drilling
A list of "Ideas for Creating American Jobs that are Better than the 735,000 Jobs Promised If Drilling is Allowed in the A.N.W.R." (Dated 2005.)
September 3, 2008