drilling; drillings

drilling n "Yes," I've often heard my poor old father talkin' about Fogie [Fogo] , when they used to go down there ,the drillin's they got comin' up out of it in October month." (drenchings ?????? Sense is to do with the difficulty of the voyage at that time of the...

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Summary:drilling n "Yes," I've often heard my poor old father talkin' about Fogie [Fogo] , when they used to go down there ,the drillin's they got comin' up out of it in October month." (drenchings ?????? Sense is to do with the difficulty of the voyage at that time of the year. See,perhaps, EDD drill v.2 and drillen) Yes DNE-cit (drenchings ?????? Sense is to do with the difficulty of the voyage at that time of the year. See,perhaps, EDD _drill_ v.2 and _drillen_) J. D. A. WIDDOWSON JUL 1973 Used I Used I Used I The plural form 'drillings' is offered as a word form.