Definition of Drillings. Meaning of Drillings. Synonyms of Drillings
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Definition of Drillings
Drilling 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.
Drilling Drilling Drill"ing, n.
1. The act of piercing with a drill.
2. A training by repeated exercises.
Drilling Drilling Drill"ing, n.
The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
Drilling 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.
