From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he
drilled his grenadiers. -- Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Drilling \Drill"ing\, n.
1. The act of piercing with a drill.
[1913 Webster]
2. A training by repeated exercises.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Drilling \Drill"ing\, n.
The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drilling
n 1: the act of drilling [syn: {drilling}, {boring}]
2: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of
producing petroleum [syn: {boring}, {drilling}, {oil
production}]
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Drilling /driliŋ/
triplet
|
