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1. Drilling
   Making the holes in paper for use in a ring binder. Drills can neatly perforate a much greater thickness of paper than can the kind of hole punch you have in the office.
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2. drilling
   [n] - the act of drilling
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3. drilling
   Drilling of holes in product which will allow insertion over rings or posts in a binder of some sort.
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4. drilling
   the operation of tunneling or stoping,whether with a compressed-air rock drill,a jackhammer,or a drifter Category: Mining • originating a hole in a solid workpiece Category: Mechanical engineering • originating a cylindrical hole with a one-or-two-lipped straight-fluted or tw...
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5. Drilling
   The means of producing holes for charging with explosives to blast rock from the quarry face.
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6. Drilling
   Drill'ing noun 1. The act of piercing with a drill. 2. A training by repeated exercises.
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7. Drilling
   Drill'ing noun The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
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8. Drilling
   Drill'ing noun [ German drillich , from Latin trilix having three threads, from the of tres three + licium a thread of the warm. See Three , and confer Twill .] (Manuf.) A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton.
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9. drilling
   The act of using a drill in sowing seeds. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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10. Drilling
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drill • (n.) A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton. • (n.) The act of piercing with a drill. • (n.) The act of using a drill in sowing seeds. • (n.) A training by repeated exercises.
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11. drilling
    (from the article `mining`) ...made should be described. There are five separate operations involved in extending the length of the drift by one round, or unit volume of rock. ... ...fires` of the fire-worshiping religion of the ancient Persians. The use of natural gas was mentioned in China about 900 . It was in China in 211 ... ...
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12. Drilling
    Drilling is a cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut or enlarge a hole in solid materials. The drill bit is a multipoint, end cutting tool. It cuts by applying pressure and rotation to the workpiece, which forms chips at the cutting edge. ==Process== Drilled holes are characterized by their s...
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13. Drilling
    The use of such a machine to create holes for exploration or for loading with explosives.
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14. drilling
    
    • train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
    • learn by repetition
    • teach by repetition
    • undergo military training or do military exercises
    
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15. Drilling
    Drilling is Black-American slang for walking.
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16. Drilling
    Drilling is Black-American slang for walking.
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17. Drilling
    In agriculture. Drilling is the plan of sowing seeds in parallel rows as distinguished from sowing them broadcast. The drilling method of sowing was introduced into England by Jethro Tull, who published a work on the subject in 1731. The crops which are now generally drilled are turnips, potatoes, b...
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18. drilling
    Common woodworking and metal machinery process that involves boring holes with a drill bit. The commonest kind of drill bit is the fluted drill, which has spiral grooves around it to allow the cut material to escape. In the oil industry, rotary drilling is used to bore oil wells. The drill bit usual...
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19. Drilling
    [disambiguation] Drilling is the cutting of a hole into a solid. Drilling may also refer to: ...
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20. drilling
    a firearm with three barrels (from the German word drei for three). Typically it has two barrels side by side on the top, with a third rifle barrel underneath. This provides a very versatile firearm capable of taking winged animals as well as big game. It also is useful in jurisdictions where a person is only allowed to own a single firearm.
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