n. A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.
n. A long firearm with three (or rarely, four) barrels.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of piercing with a drill.
n. A training by repeated exercises.
n. The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
n. A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. That which is worn off by a drill from the substance drilled.
n. A twilled linen or cotton cloth, very stout, and used for waist-linings, summer trousers, etc. Also called drill and drills.
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n. the act of drilling
n. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
Word Usage
"With the aggressive backing of the Bush administration, many members of Congress and the energy industry, at least a sixfold expansion in drilling is likely here in the coming decade."