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Webster 1913 Edition


Drilling

Drill′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act of piercing with a drill.
2.
A training by repeated exercises.

Drill′ing

,
Noun.
The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.

Drill′ing

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Drilling

DRILLING

,
ppr.
Boring with a drill; training to military duty; sowing in drills.