Synonyms:
boring, drilling, oil_production
Meaning: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
Synonyms:
drilling, boring
Meaning: the act of drilling
Usage examples
He said that Harry's cousin, Dick Mason, had joined the home guards, raised in the interests of the old Union, and was drilling zealously.
The whole scene was inspiring in the extreme to the heart of youth. Far to the right he saw cavalry galloping back and forth, and to the left he saw infantry drilling.
A fine, early flintlock Kentuck, that had been made out of a fine, late percussion Kentuck by sawing off the breech-end of the barrel, rethreading it for the breech-plug, drilling a new vent, and fitting the lock with a flint hammer and a pan-and-frizzen assembly, and shortening the fore-end to fit.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Yttrium, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Howard Hughes, License CC BY-SA 4.0