Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drilling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drilling \Drill"ing\, n.
1. The act of piercing with a drill.
2. A training by repeated exercises.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drilling \Drill"ing\, n.
The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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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