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Conduit providing an extension of a subsea oil well to a surface drilling facility
A drilling riser is a conduit that provides a temporary extension of a subsea oil well to a surface drilling facility. Drilling risers are categorised
Drilling_riser
Topics referred to by the same term
theatre platform Riser, a length of vertically oriented piping used to deliver fluid, gas, or electrical signals or power upward Drilling riser, a device used
Riser
Device used on an offshore drilling vessel
A marine riser tensioner is a device used on an offshore drilling vessel which provides a near constant upward force on the drilling riser independent
Marine_riser_tensioner
Specialized valve
above by a drilling riser that provides a continuous pathway for the drill string and fluids emanating from the wellbore. In effect, a riser extends the
Blowout_preventer
2010 environmental disaster
high-pressure methane gas from the well expanded into the marine riser and rose into the drilling rig, where it ignited and exploded, engulfing the platform
Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
Former offshore oil drilling rig
semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the
Deepwater_Horizon
Marine research program (2003–2013)
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) was an international marine research program running from 2003 to 2013. The program used heavy drilling equipment mounted
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
Integrated_Ocean_Drilling_Program
2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
Horizon semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit, which was owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field
Deepwater_Horizon_explosion
Using a drilling rig to bore holes for petroleum extraction in deep sea
Deepwater drilling, or deep well drilling, is the process of creating holes in the Earth's crust using a drilling rig for oil extraction under the deep
Deepwater_drilling
connecting a floating drilling rig to the subsea Christmas tree. This device is also known as a lower marine riser package (LMRP). Workover Riser System[permanent
Lower_riser_package
Offshore oil field in the Gulf of Mexico
50 m). It includes production facilities with 13 production slots, a drilling riser slot and two service slots, and quarters for 126 personnel. The front-end
Mad_Dog_oil_field
traditional semisubmersible drilling rigs or drillships. The RLWI enable subsea well intervention without having to use a drilling riser package connected to
Riserless Light Well Intervention
Riserless_Light_Well_Intervention
Method of geologic probing
Resolution, drills without a riser. Riser-less drilling uses seawater as its primary drilling fluid, which is pumped down through the drill pipe. This
Scientific_drilling
Device that creates or maintains tension
A marine riser tensioner is a device used on an offshore drilling vessel that provides a near-constant upward force on the drilling riser independent
Tensioner
Offshore drilling contractor
Transocean Ltd. is a Swiss offshore drilling company. It is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor based on revenue. The company has offices
Transocean
Type of subsea quick connector for offboard services
industries – Drilling and production equipment – Part 1:Design and operation of marine drilling riser equipment. "stab". Oil & Gas Drilling Glossary - IADCLexicon
Hot_stab
Vessel fitted for offshore drilling
vessel designed for use in exploratory offshore drilling of new oil and gas wells or for scientific drilling purposes. In recent years the vessels have been
Drillship
Uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from a well
During that era, the simple drilling techniques, such as cable-tool drilling, and the lack of blowout preventers meant that drillers could not control high-pressure
Blowout_(well_drilling)
equipment used in the drilling and work-over (servicing or modification) of deep sea oil & gas wells, by Mobile Offshore Drilling Rigs (MODU's) and Well
Emergency_disconnect_package
Subsea services company in Norwich, England
from the original on 6 July 2011, retrieved 8 August 2011 Pioneering drilling riser wins EEEGR award, 2011, archived from the original on 6 October 2011
Acteon_Group_(company)
Norwegian FPSO in the North Sea
The drilling of the production wells is done by Odfjell Drilling using Deepsea Bergen. The same drilling contractor was also used while drilling exploration
Alvheim_FPSO
Drillship
connected via a drilling riser over the release, and collecting oil and gas. Q4000 and Discoverer Enterprise flare off gas at the site of drilling operations
Discoverer_Enterprise
Offshore drilling rig
and has drilling depth down to 30,000 feet (9,100 m). In 2000, Deepwater Nautilus set the world water-depth record for an offshore drilling rig operating
Deepwater_Nautilus
– dummy-run log DR – drilling report DRI – drift log DRL – drilling DRLCT – drilling chart DRLOG – drilling log DRLPR – drilling proposal/progress report
List of abbreviations in oil and gas exploration and production
List_of_abbreviations_in_oil_and_gas_exploration_and_production
Group of specialists to estimate flow from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
convened again on June 10 by Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen after the drilling riser from the well was cut by Maxx3 ROV Dive #35 on May 31, 2010, in an attempt
Flow_Rate_Technical_Group
2004 Japanese TV series or program
as a communications device between the three Justirisers. Shouta Date / Riser Glen Shouta Date is a 2nd-year high-school student at Seitai High School
Genseishin_Justirisers
Concept in petrophysics
dimensional petrophysical term used by drilling engineers and mud engineers during the design of drilling programs for drilling (constructing) oil and gas wells
Pore_pressure_gradient
Engineering and services company based in Norfolk
decommissioning, and fixed wind installation. Claxton has supplied drilling risers for many major projects around the world and has achieved safety milestones
Claxton_Engineering_Ltd
Finite element analysis software
applications include: Subsea production systems Steel catenary risers Drilling risers Mooring lines Submarine pipelines Offshore pipe-laying Floating
Flexcom
Oil well and borehole component
wells before any drilling operations are performed. It is usually set with special pile-driving or spudder rigs, though a drilling rig is sometimes used
Conductor_pipe
Hardware item used to support vertical runs of piping
A riser clamp is a type of hardware used by mechanical building trades for pipe support in vertical runs of piping (risers) at each floor level. The devices
Riser_clamp
U.S. energy company
drill bits, borehole enlargement services, and directional drilling tools; optimization/automation software and services; downhole tools for drilling
NOV_Inc.
French manufacturing company
manufacturer of drill pipes. The drill pipe operations were regrouped under the name VAM Drilling, and in 2013 renamed Vallourec Drilling Products. Vallourec
Vallourec
Long metal pipe used in oil and gas wells
through the drilling derrick on the oil platform, which is used to support the surface equipment, although on platforms with no drilling facilities a
Coiled_tubing
Self-propelled semi-submersible mobile spacecraft launch platform
while operated by ODECO (now Diamond Offshore Drilling) on hire to ARCO (now a subsidiary of BP), drilling the 22/30b-3 well on a prospect in the North
Odyssey_(launch_platform)
Offshore gas and condensate structure in the Caspian Sea
000 psi. To safely conduct drilling operations, the operator contracted UK-based Aquaterra Energy to deploy a 15,000 psi subsea riser system utilizing gas-tight
Babek_gas_field
Oil platform destroyed by explosion and fire in 1988
One survivor who jumped when the Tartan riser failed swam to Tharos and climbed out unaided. When the MCP-01 riser failed, Tharos withdrew to 200 metres
Piper_Alpha
(VBR) is used in the oil and gas industry as part of offshore deep sea drilling operations. It is designed to prevent damage to an umbilical cable from
Vertebrae_bend_restrictor
Location in an object where stress is far greater than the surrounding region
mechanics, a stress concentration (also called a stress raiser or a stress riser or notch sensitivity) is a location in an object where the stress is significantly
Stress_concentration
Mineral concretion found on the sea bottom
including pumps, tracked and screw drive rovers, rigid and flexible drilling risers, and ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene rope. Mining is considered
Manganese_nodule
Water handpump
of a series of pipes call riser mains or riser pipes and sits below the water surface in the well once installed. The riser main will carry the water
India_Mark_II
Pipe inserted into a borehole
sticking the drill string or forming large caverns. Provides a strong upper foundation to allow use of high-density drilling fluid to continue drilling deeper
Casing_(borehole)
Japanese drill ship
Japanese scientific drilling ship built for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). The vessel is designed to ultimately drill 7 km (4.3 miles) beneath
Chikyū
Oil field service vessel
4 meter moonpool A 7 3/8 inch intervention riser system (The vessel was refitted with a slimbore drilling capability in 2008). A 3000-meter heavy weather
Q4000
Oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
Mexicanos) was drilling a 3 km (1.9 mi) deep oil well when the drilling rig Sedco 135 lost drilling mud circulation. In modern rotary drilling, mud is circulated
Ixtoc_I_oil_spill
Marine Riser Package (LMRP) Cap Containment System. The operational plan first involves cutting and then removing the damaged drilling riser from the
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (May 2010)
Timeline_of_the_Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill_(May_2010)
companies and individuals responsible for drilling at the Macondo well and for the operation of the drilling platform. BP, as the designated operator under
Deepwater Horizon investigation
Deepwater_Horizon_investigation
Offshore oil rig that sank in 1982
Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company, Inc. (ODECO) of New Orleans. The vessel was a self-propelled large semi-submersible design with a drilling facility
Ocean_Ranger
Gas condensate field in the North Sea
is transported from the Tyra East riser platform to Nybro Gas Processing Plant, Denmark, and from Tyra West riser platform to the Netherlands through
Tyra_Field
Automatic ship station- and heading-holding systems
DP ships. Dynamic positioning began in the 1960s for offshore drilling. With drilling moving into ever deeper waters, Jack-up barges could not be used
Dynamic_positioning
Norwegian oil field
facilities and power generation. The platform-based drilling rig's configuration allows for drilling and maintenance of wells on the new platform (24 wells
Valhall_oil_field
Oilfield equipment manufacturer and distributor
include blowout preventers, control systems, riser string packages, choke valves, riser tensioners, and drill string compensators. In 1922, William D. Shaffer
Shaffer_(company)
Offshore natural gas field in the North Sea
was developed with an integrated drilling, production and accommodation facility with a steel jacket including a riser facility in 1999. The gas from the
Heimdal_gas_field
Assembly of flow-regulating valves
Christmas tree during drilling operations, and also for riser tie-back situations that later would have a tree installed at riser top. Wells being produced
Christmas_tree_(oil_well)
Semi-submersible drilling vessel
Marianas was an Earl & Wright Sedco 700 design semi-submersible platform drilling unit capable of operating in harsh environments and water depths up to
Transocean_Marianas
Oil field in the UK sector of the North Sea
Gas Evacuation) pipeline to St. Fergus. In 1990 a riser tower was added to Beryl A to accommodate risers and gas compression equipment to export gas into
Beryl_oil_field
Semi-submersible drilling rig
Transocean John Shaw was a semi-submersible drilling rig designed by Friede & Goldman as a self-propelled modified & enhanced pacesetter, built and delivered
Transocean_John_Shaw
wide riser insertion tube into the 21-inch (53 cm) wide burst pipe. There was a stopper-like washer around the tube that plugs the end of the riser and
Efforts to stem the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Efforts_to_stem_the_Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
Azerbaijani offshore oil and gas operating company
high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) drilling program at the BX-01 well. The company utilized a 15,000 psi subsea riser system supplied by Aquaterra Energy
Umid_Babek_Operating_Company
floor, and the surface blowout preventer which sits between the riser pipe and the drilling platform. The surface unit is smaller, lighter, less costly,
Offshore oil spill prevention and response
Offshore_oil_spill_prevention_and_response
Connection point by which firefighters can tap into a water supply
A fire hydrant, fireplug, firecock (archaic), hydrant riser or Johnny Pump[better source needed] is a connection point by which firefighters can tap into
Fire_hydrant
blowout preventer (BOP), and a 21 in (53 cm) outside diameter (OD) marine riser. It was retired in 2018. Built originally for R&B Falcon, she was completed
Deepwater_Millennium
Provider of offshore services and ROV operations
needed] In 1994, Cal Dive Intl. acquired the Uncle John semi-submersible drilling rig and extended the company's well intervention capabilities.[citation
Helix_Energy_Solutions_Group
2011 the drilling moratorium imposed as a result of the spill ended when the United States Department of the Interior approved the first drilling permit
Helix_fast-response_system
Water-supply system
the construction of ten riser shafts was completed, this section of the tunnel opened in 2013. As of 2022, two additional riser shafts (17B and 18B), each
New York City Water Tunnel No. 3
New_York_City_Water_Tunnel_No._3
Type of offshore fixed rig structure
floating systems, such as tension-leg platforms and SPARs, the production risers are conventional and are subjected to less structural demands and flexing
Compliant_tower
Hydropneumatic drilling device
the template. Drill string compensator Riser tensioner Hydraulic jigger Hyne, Norman J (1991). Dictionary of Petroleum Exploration, Drilling & Production
Guideline_tensioner
– Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, owned by Transocean, begins drilling on the Macondo Prospect. The planned well was to be drilled to 18,000 feet (5,500 m)
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Timeline_of_the_Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
Ship built in 2000
blowout preventer (BOP), and a 21 in (53 cm) outside diameter (OD) marine riser. It was retired in 2018. From 2000 to 2009 the vessel flew the flag of Panama
Deepwater_Discovery
Extraction and sale of petroleum products
oil field leases and drilling equipment. In recent years, enhanced oil recovery techniques – most notably multi-stage drilling and hydraulic fracturing
Petroleum_industry
Energy provides well intervention and drilling services both onshore and offshore. The range includes workover, drilling, fluid pumping, nitrogen and pipeline
Ezra_Holdings
Motorcycle steering mechanism component
desired contour. Holes may be drilled for the internal routing of control cables such as brake, throttle, and clutch. Risers hold the handlebars above their
Motorcycle_handlebar
Consortium of 14 European countries and Canada
Research Drilling (ECORD) is a consortium of 14 European countries and Canada that was formed in 2003 to join the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling
European_Consortium_for_Ocean_Research_Drilling
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
Low-riser intake, 2×4V 12:1 — 425 horsepower (317 kW) at 6000 rpm and 480 lb⋅ft (651 N⋅m) at 3700 rpm 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt, Mercury: High-riser
Ford_FE_engine
French world record-setting freediver
rise fast enough due to insufficient inflation, a strong current, and the riser rope being non-vertical. A dive that should have been no more than three
Audrey_Mestre
Japanese anime television series
Pilots the Jet Riser Luke Stewart (voice: Ken'yū Horiuchi) Pilots the Battle Riser Mia White (voice: Naoko Matsui) Pilots the Power Riser Zen Ogawa (voice:
Machine_Robo:_Battle_Hackers
Deepwater oil platform
platform, where the oil is pumped upwards in five flexible pipes called risers. This complicated subsea installation is needed, as the reservoir pressure
Perdido_(oil_platform)
launched an energy division which offered a range of onshore drilling, offshore drilling, and well services. EMAS's secured a strategic acquisition of
EMAS_(company)
Holes added to materials to make them lighter without reducing strength
but they should never have sharp corners, to avoid the risk of stress risers, and they must not be too close to the edge of a structural component. Lightening
Lightening_holes
fire and gas, BOP control, drilling control, pipe/riser handling, heave compensation and tensioning, bulk storage, drilling fluid circulation, cementing
Integrated Software Dependent System
Integrated_Software_Dependent_System
Largest North Sea oil field
semi-submersible drilling rig Sea Quest hit crude oil at 11,000 feet (3,400 m) in the Upper Tertiary sandstone. Four appraisal wells drilled during 1971–1972
Forties_oil_field
Norwegian oil field in the North Sea
specimen PMO 207.207, was discovered in 1997 at 2,256 metres (7,402 ft) while drilling the Snorre oil field. In May 2023, the Hywind Tampen floating offshore
Snorre_oil_field
Scottish oil field
Retrieved 22 March 2026. BRA AREA East Brae Upper Jacket and Associated Riser Sections Decomissioning Programmes, fetched from https://assets.publishing
Brae_oilfield
2008 Japanese TV series or program
Flash Drill (フラッシュドリル, Furasshu Doriru): Final Rescue for the Rescue Diver. Riser Splash (ライザースプラッシュ, Raizā Supurasshu): Final Rescue for the Riser Striker/Saver/Diver
Tomica_Hero:_Rescue_Force
Fatal offshore diving accident in Scotland, 1979
free of the riser with explosives and taken to Amsterdam for repairs, but the explosive charges damaged the riser. In April 1979 the riser was removed
Wildrake_diving_accident
Decommissioned oil field
platform through a 19 km 18-inch diameter gas pipeline. The failure of the riser of this pipeline at about 22:20 6 July 1988 during the Piper Alpha disaster
Tartan_oil_field
Ranged weapon system, sports equipment
pair of curved elastic limbs, traditionally made from wood, joined by a riser. However self bows such as the English longbow are made of a single piece
Bow_and_arrow
2003 Japanese TV series
of their left hand. This symbol can turn into a Knuckle-Riser. By setting the Knuckle-Riser to "Transformation Mode", they can equip high-powered suits
Chouseishin_Gransazer
Oil storage vessel
repeating this process every 20 days. The process plant, flare and the riser including subsea connection were designed and procured by Matthew Hall Engineering
FPSO_Noble_Seillean
Network of oil and gas fields in the North Sea
60 m bridges. The Processing, drilling and Riser platform (PdR), contains the process plant and the export lines, a riser area to receive production fluids
Eastern_Trough_Area_Project
Motions induced on bodies within a fluid flow due to vortices in the fluid
fatigue damage of offshore oil exploration drilling, export, production risers, including steel catenary risers (SCRs) and tension leg platform (TLP) tendons
Vortex-induced_vibration
(Production), 49/26AD1 (Drilling 1), 49/26AD2 (Drilling 2), and 49/26AK (Compression). Common designations are: Note: Drilling refers to the original function
List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea
List_of_oil_and_gas_fields_of_the_North_Sea
1959 experimental VTOL aircraft model
order to try to solve the problem. Eventually a series of 52 holes were drilled in the bottom of the vehicle, located radially three feet from the center
Avro_Canada_VZ-9_Avrocar
Work songs used in militaries
both ending in the same cadence. Other cadences include "Blood on the Risers", "I Wish All the Girls Were", "Captain Jack" (Army), and "Yellow Ribbon"
Military_cadence
Norwegian oil field in the North Sea
Aker Solutions - (FEED, RP Riser Platform and P1 Production Platform, and Offshore Hookup) Aibel - (FEED) Aibel - (DP Drilling Platform) Aibel - (Phase
Johan_Sverdrup_oil_field
American maritime classification society established in 1862
installations, pipelines, risers, and single point moorings. ABS was responsible for classing the first mobile offshore drilling unit, the first production
American_Bureau_of_Shipping
blowout preventer (BOP), and a 21 in (53 cm) outside diameter (OD) marine riser. The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel is owned by Transocean, and is operating
Discoverer_Clear_Leader
Pump designed to work submerged in fluid
(since it is flame retardant cable), water well and deep well drilling, offshore drilling rigs, artificial lifts, mine dewatering, and irrigation systems
Submersible_pump
Natural gas and oilfield in the North Sea
579105N 4.757856E Drilling & wellhead Steel jacket 4 1080 1100 9 September 1979 May 1981 Gorm C Gorm B 55.578531N 4.757625E Drilling & wellhead Steel jacket
Gorm_Field
Russian assault rifle and variants
rotary dioptre rear sight. At the ARMY-2021 exhibition, an optional cheek riser with sight axis height adjustable comb piece for ergonomic preferences was
AK-12
DRILLING RISER
DRILLING RISER
Boy/Male
Biblical Hebrew
Dwelling, habitation.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dilling.German : habitational name from Delling, a place near Starnberg (Bavaria) or another near Wipperfürth (North Rhine-Westphalia), or a topographic name from Sorbian delenki ‘place in a valley’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name, Illing.
Girl/Female
Indian
Driving
Boy/Male
Hindu
Driving
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English coin name schilling, probably a nickname referring to a fee or rent owed.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Schilling.Americanized spelling of German Schilling.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name, possibly from Dalling in Norfolk, which was named in Old English as ‘the place of the people (-inga-) of Dall(a)’.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Fascinating; Thrilling
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a variant of the personal name Julian.English : habitational name from either of two places in North Yorkshire, Gilling East and Gilling West, named in Old English as ‘(settlement of) the people (Old English ingas) of a man called Ḡthia or Gētla’.
Boy/Male
Norse
Shining.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Smilling
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : topographic name from Old English pīling ‘dweller by the stake’ or pylling ‘dweller by the stream’.German : habitational name from a place so named near Straubing, Bavaria. Compare Billing.German : patronymic derivative of Pille 1.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : patronymic from Wille.German : habitational name from any of several places in Bavaria named Willing or places in Hessen and near Soltau named Willingen.English : patronymic from the Old English personal name Willa.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Drinking
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain derivation; it may be from Dylling ‘son of Dylla’, or from dylling ‘the dull one’.German : metronymic from the female personal name Dilli, in Westphalia a pet form of Ottilie.German : variant of Dillinger.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Driving
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the personal name Rollo or Rolf.German : patronymic from the personal name Role, a reduced form of Rudolf.German : habitational name from any of several places called Rolling in Silesia.(Rölling) : variant of 2 and 3, or a nickname for a lecher, from Rölling ‘tom cat’.
Boy/Male
Biblical American Hebrew
Dwelling, habitation.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : either from a Middle English survival of an Old English personal name, Billing, or a habitational name from a place in Northamptonshire called Billing, probably ‘(settlement of) the followers (Old English -ingas) of a man called Bill(a)’.German : from a Germanic personal name, formed with a cognate of Old Saxon bīl ‘sword’.Danish and Norwegian : from an Old Danish personal name, Billing.Swedish : shortened form of various habitational names such as Billinge, Billingsfors, etc.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Possibly a variant of Stelling.
DRILLING RISER
DRILLING RISER
Girl/Female
Arabic, Assamese, Australian, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Pleasant; War Like; Gazer; Delighted
Boy/Male
English American Anglo Saxon Shakespearean
Fortunate and powerful. From the Old English name Eadgar, a compound of 'ead' meaning rich or...
Girl/Female
Hindu
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Having Eyes with a Marked Contrast of Black and White
Girl/Female
Hindu
One of the names of river Narmada, The Sun
Biblical
Sibboleth, ear of corn; stream or flood
Female
Hebrew
(עָרְפָּה) Hebrew name ORPAH means "forelock, mane" or "gazelle, hind." In the bible, this is the name of a Moabite woman.Â
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Attaining Tranquillity through God
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman).Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut ‘people’, or possibly liub ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + man ‘man’.Americanized form of German Leimann, Americanized form of Leinemann, habitational name for someone from Leine in Pomerania, or for someone who lived by either of two rivers called Leine, near Hannover and in Saxony.
Male
English
Variant spelling of Middle English Alwin, ALWYN means "elf friend."
DRILLING RISER
DRILLING RISER
DRILLING RISER
DRILLING RISER
DRILLING RISER
a.
Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance.
a.
Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Trill
n.
A drilling or tamping rod.
n.
A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals.
a.
Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
n.
That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc.
n.
Same as Drilling.
n.
A training by repeated exercises.
n.
The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
a.
Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land.
a.
Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair.
n.
A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton.
n.
The act of piercing with a drill.
n.
One of tree children born at the same birth.
a.
Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball.
a.
Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm.
a.
Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Drill
n.
A drinking between meals.