Drilled
[drɪl]
Definition
(adj.) trained in a skill by repetitious practice; 'well-drilled in military procedures' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Drill
Editor: Verna
Examples
- The old lap-welded barrel gave way to the barrel drilled from solid steel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I have been well drilled both in theology and history, I assure you, Mr. Helstone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They could plough lanes in infantry, but they could not easily smash and scatter it if it was sturdy and well drilled. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He's extra-drilled, says Mr. Bagnet. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She must tease and try her wayward brother till she has drilled him into what she wishes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- These wells are drilled in the same way that wells are bored for oil and gas. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I was reinforced from time to time and the men were drilled and disciplined preparatory for the service which was sure to come. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The machine drilled to a depth of 250 feet before much water was reached and to over 300 feet before a flow was obtained sufficient to satisfy the owner. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Since then, 125,000 oil wells have been drilled in that and neighbouring localities. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A series of three-inch holes twenty feet deep were drilled eight feet apart, about twelve feet back of the ore-bank, and into these were inserted dynamite cartridges. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Verna