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English

Etymology 1

From the verb to drill#Verb|drill

Verb

drilling


Noun

  1. The act of drill#Verb|drilling'''.


Etymology 2

From German drei (three)

Noun

  1. A firearm with three barrels.


Category:English present participles

ar:drilling fr:drilling fi:drilling ta:drilling vi:drilling zh:drilling

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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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.
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He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he
drilled his grenadiers. -- Macaulay.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drilling \Drill"ing\, n.
1. The act of piercing with a drill.
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2. A training by repeated exercises.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drilling \Drill"ing\, n.
The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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WordNet drilling
n 1: the act of drilling [syn: boring]
2: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of
producing petroleum [syn: boring, oil production]
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