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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From German drei (three)

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drill +‎ -ing

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Examples

  • 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.

    mjh's blog — 2006 — February 2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • Note that almost all the drilling is proposed for the coasts of red states.

    Matthew Yglesias » Drill, Baby, Drill 2010

  • Note that almost all the drilling is proposed for the coasts of red states.

    Matthew Yglesias » Drill, Baby, Drill 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Matthew Yglesias » Drill, Baby, Drill 2010

  • 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

  • Note that almost all the drilling is proposed for the coasts of red states.

    Matthew Yglesias » Drill, Baby, Drill 2010

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  • 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