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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.

Definition 2024

Drilling

Drilling

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German

Noun

Drilling m ‎(genitive Drillings, plural Drillinge)

  1. A triplet (one of three persons born to the same mother at the same time).
  2. (poker) three of a kind

Declension

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʀiliŋ/

Noun

Drilling m ‎(plural Drillingen)

  1. triplet
  2. (poker) three of a kind

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English

Verb

drilling

  1. present participle of drill

Noun

drilling ‎(plural drillings)

  1. Act of drilling.
  2. A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton; drill.
Translations

Etymology 2

From German drei (three).

Noun

drilling ‎(plural drillings)

  1. A long firearm with three (or rarely, four) barrels.

Translations

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?]

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