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Subset of petroleum engineering
Drilling engineering is a subset of petroleum engineering. Drilling engineers design and implement procedures to drill wells as safely and economically
Drilling_engineering
Aid for drilling boreholes into the ground
In geotechnical engineering, drilling fluid, also known as drilling mud or drilling slurry, is used to aid the drilling of boreholes into the earth. Used
Drilling_fluid
Extracting crude oil and natural gas
recovery techniques. Drilling engineers manage the technical aspects of drilling exploratory, production and injection wells. Drilling fluid engineers A
Petroleum_engineering
Practice of drilling non-vertical bores
Directional drilling (or slant drilling) is the practice of drilling non-vertical bores. It can be broken down into four main groups: oilfield directional
Directional_drilling
Chinese major national oil and gas corporation
exploration projects are carried out by the Great Wall Drilling Company (GWDC), a wholly owned drilling services company. In 2018 the company announced it
China National Petroleum Corporation
China_National_Petroleum_Corporation
US Republican Party political slogan
Wing also used the slogan "Drill, baby, drill!" in 2021 to symbolize that the party does not want Norway to stop drilling for oil and gas. An analysis
Drill,_baby,_drill
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)
College in Orissa, India
mining engineering. Subsequently, the institute introduced engineering diploma in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, drilling engineering and
Orissa School of Mining Engineering, Keonjhar
Orissa_School_of_Mining_Engineering,_Keonjhar
Procedure used in oil well drilling
Measurement while drilling (MWD) refers to directional-drilling measurements (e.g., for decision support for the wellbore path). Initial attempts to provide
Measurement_while_drilling
Disciplines into which the field of engineering is conventionally divided
Computer-aided engineering Model-driven engineering Concurrent engineering Engineering analysis Engineering design process (engineering method) Engineering mathematics
List_of_engineering_branches
Attempt to drill through Earth's crust
in 1966. By then a program of sediment drilling had branched from Project Mohole to become the Deep Sea Drilling Project of the National Science Foundation
Project_Mohole
Borehole in Russia, deepest on Earth
metres (23,000 ft) deep. Drilling at Kola SG-3 began in 1970 using the Uralmash-4E, and later the Uralmash-15000 series drilling rig. A total of five
Kola_Superdeep_Borehole
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
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
Integrated system to drill wells
Earth's crust. Small to medium-sized drilling rigs are mobile, such as those used in mineral exploration drilling, blast-hole, water wells and environmental
Drilling_rig
Method of installing underground utilities
sized drilling rigs, small diameter bores, and crossing lengths in terms of hundreds of feet. Generally, the term Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)
Directional_boring
Fracturing bedrock by pressurized liquid
(15–91 m). Horizontal drilling reduces surface disruptions as fewer wells are required to access the same volume of rock. Drilling often plugs up the pore
Fracking
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
Well drilled to extract crude oil and/or gas
The process of modern drilling for wells first started in the 19th century but was made more efficient with advances to oil drilling rigs and technology
Oil_well
The process is also called thermal drilling, flow drilling, form drilling, or friction stir drilling. Friction drilling is commonly used on bicycle frames
Friction_drilling
American multinational corporation
cobblestones, and gravel and not appropriate for the kind of drilling Halliburton planned. "No driller in his right mind would have gone ahead," said Army geologist
Halliburton
Narrow shaft bored in the ground
describes the drilling process: "The Chinese method of deep drilling was accomplished by a team of men jumping on and off a beam to impact the drilling bit while
Borehole
Global leader in harsh-environment drilling
Odfjell Drilling is an international drilling company that was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange on 27 September 2013. Odfjell Drilling was founded in
Odfjell_Drilling
are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially
List of countries by proven oil reserves
List_of_countries_by_proven_oil_reserves
Person whose job is hard labor
oil drilling industry, with roughneck used for those who worked on the floor of a drilling rig handling specialised drilling equipment for drilling and
Roughneck
Oil-based drilling fluid
Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid used in drilling engineering. It is composed of oil as the continuous phase and water as the dispersed phase in conjunction
Oil-based_mud
Technique of geological core drilling
natural diamonds in drill bits. Exploration diamond drilling differs from other geological drilling (such as Reverse Circulation (RC) Drilling) in that a solid
Exploration_diamond_drilling
Cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut a circular hole into the workpiece
deep hole drilling which can often cause the drill to break. A special coolant is usually used to aid in this type of drilling. Gun drilling was originally
Drilling
Method of extracting a natural resource
Well drilling is the process of drilling a hole in the ground for the extraction of a natural resource such as ground water, brine, natural gas, or petroleum
Well_drilling
Overview of and topical guide to engineering
engineering Vacuum engineering Military engineering Combat engineering Military technology Petroleum engineering Petroleum geology Drilling engineering Production
Outline_of_engineering
Attempts to locate oil and gas
assigned to an undrilled prospect or an unappraised discovery. Appraisal by drilling additional delineation wells or acquiring extra seismic data will confirm
Hydrocarbon_exploration
Type of petroleum
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Sweet_crude_oil
Type of cutting tool
predominantly used in the repetition engineering industry on screw machines or drilling heads. Left-handed drill bits allow a machining operation to continue
Drill_bit
Mechanical process where a wellbore is drilled below the seabed
the term is used to describe drilling activities on the continental shelf, though the term can also be applied to drilling in lakes, inshore waters and
Offshore_drilling
UK based oil corporation
energy industry Drilling services (provided by SOCAR AQS and Turan Drilling & Engineering) – integrated drilling and well, engineering, and well management
Nobel_Energy
first round of exploration drilling licences, with 22 in 78 areas.[citation needed] Esso received three exploration drilling licences in the Norwegian
History of the petroleum industry in Norway
History_of_the_petroleum_industry_in_Norway
Classification of crude oil that serves as a major worldwide benchmark price
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Brent_Crude
Oil drilling occupation
toolpusher, pusher, or The Push) is an occupation within the oil drilling industry. On a land drilling rig the tool pusher may be rig manager and responsible for
Tool_pusher
Largest publicly traded companies
involved in trading oil and gas, but still supplying accessories such as drilling, fracking and refining equipment, have also been associated with Big Oil
Big_Oil
Cylindrical section of (usually) a naturally-occurring substance
are obtained by drilling with special drills into the substance, such as sediment or rock, with a hollow steel tube, called a core drill. The hole made
Core_sample
Logging while drilling (LWD) is a technique that allows log data to be acquired during drilling operations through tools placed in the bottom hole assembly
Logging_while_drilling
and Gas International Fzc Odfjell Drilling OneSubsea Petrofac Petroleum Geo-Services PJP4 Polarcus Precision Drilling Rosneft Saipem Sapura Energy SBM
List of oilfield service companies
List_of_oilfield_service_companies
Chinese oil and gas enterprise
claim that it is a large oil field by global standards. The first phase of drilling was completed in 2012 and production continued to expand. Sinopec claims
Sinopec
Removal of petroleum from the earth
Directional drilling – Practice of drilling non-vertical bores Driller (oil) – Leader in charge during well drilling Drilling fluid – Aid for drilling boreholes
Extraction_of_petroleum
Detailed record of borehole contents
logging operations can either be performed during the drilling process (see Logging While Drilling), to provide real-time information about the formations
Well_logging
Well drilling technique
Underbalanced drilling (UBD) is a procedure used to drill oil and gas wells where the pressure in the wellbore is kept lower than the static pressure
Underbalanced_drilling
Tool used to create holes
crankshaft Gimlet, a small tool for drilling holes Bradawl, similar to a screwdriver but with a drilling point Cranial drill, an instrument used throughout
Drill
Drive for a reciprocating piston pump in an oil well
polished-rod and accompanying sucker rod and column (fluid) load. The engineering term for this type of mechanism is a walking beam. It was often employed
Pumpjack
Financial asset backed by a country's revenues from petroleum exports
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Petrocurrency
U.S. energy company
drill bits, borehole enlargement services, and directional drilling tools; optimization/automation software and services; downhole tools for drilling
NOV_Inc.
Chinese oil producer
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PetroChina
Lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, US
was drilling on Jefferson Island, when the drilling assembly pierced an inactive third level of the Diamond Crystal Salt Company salt mine. The drill hole
Lake_Peigneur
Semi-submersible offshore drilling rig
column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred Olsen Energy. Byford Dolphin was registered in Hamilton, Bermuda, and drilled seasonally
Byford_Dolphin
Ocean drilling research program between 1968–1983
The Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) was an ocean drilling project operated from 1968 to 1983. The program was a success, as evidenced by the data and
Deep_Sea_Drilling_Project
British multinational oil and gas company
two-month delay could wipe out the entire drilling season". It was unclear if Shell would recommence drilling in mid-2013, following the "Kulluk" incident
Shell_plc
Rock drilling machine
A Drilling jumbo or drill jumbo is a rock drilling machine. Drilling jumbos are usually used in underground mining, if mining is done by drilling and
Drilling_jumbo
Italian multinational energy company
start drilling at a deepwater block 2, near Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Q2 of 2011 as it has received 2-year extension for the completion of drilling program
Eni
Saudi Arabian state-owned petroleum company
increasing production and refining capacity and doubling the number of drilling rigs. In 2005, Saudi Aramco was the world's largest company with an estimated
Saudi_Aramco
American oil company
Business Wire. March 22, 2021. Wethe, David (March 18, 2021). "California Oil Driller Reaped Gains From Historic Texas Freeze". Bloomberg News. Buurma, Christine;
California Resources Corporation
California_Resources_Corporation
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)
American energy technology company
core heads and drilling bits and soon began producing stabilizers, drilling jars and other equipment. In 1977, the Celle engineering and manufacturing
Baker_Hughes
US Energy Company
In 2016, the company acquired 55,000 net acres and 226 gross operated drilling locations in the Williston Basin from SM Energy for $785 million. In 2017
Chord_Energy
UAE state-owned oil company
ADNOC Drilling is ADNOC's oldest subsidiary. It was previously known as National Drilling Company, NDC. ADNOC Drilling is the largest drilling company
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Abu_Dhabi_National_Oil_Company
Canadian integrated oil and natural gas company
its "SkyStrat" drilling rig that allows an exploratory rig to be flown into remote areas by helicopter piece-by-piece, set up to drill a test well, dismantled
Cenovus_Energy
GA Drilling (formerly Geothermal Anywhere) is a drilling and geothermal energy company in Bratislava, Slovakia with branches in Bristol (UK), Abu Dhabi
GA_Drilling
Type of drill bit
will rotate on its own axis during drilling. While the bits are fixed to the drilling rigs, the rotation of the drill pipe will be in a clockwise direction
Roller_cone_bit
Oil drilling test
During normal well drilling, drilling mud is pumped through the drill stem and out of the drill bit. In a drill stem test, the drill bit is removed and
Drill_stem_test
Offshore drilling company
Dolphin Drilling Holdings Limited is an offshore drilling rig company headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom with its main subsidiary Dolphin
Dolphin_Drilling
Material which is solid at low stress but becomes viscous at high stress
material. It is used as a common mathematical model of mud flow in drilling engineering, and in the handling of slurries. A common example is toothpaste
Bingham_plastic
Plasma deep drilling technology is one of several drilling technologies that may be able to replace conventional, contact-based rotary systems. These new
Plasma deep drilling technology
Plasma_deep_drilling_technology
American multinational oil and gas company
of CO2 per year starting in 2028. In November 2023 ExxonMobil started drilling for lithium in the US State of Arkansas. In June 2024, a preliminary agreement
ExxonMobil
Subsurface pool of hydrocarbons
offshore drilling rigs, due to the cost and logistical difficulties in working over water. Rising gas prices in the early 21st century encouraged drillers to
Petroleum_reservoir
Excavation or structure to provide access to groundwater
Deeper wells can be excavated by hand drilling methods or machine drilling, using a bit in a borehole. Drilled wells are usually cased with a factory-made
Well
American oil and gas drilling contractor
American global oil and gas drilling contractor based in Houston, Texas. Nabors owns the world's second largest land drilling rig fleet, with over 250 rigs
Nabors_Industries
Marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean
habitation within the gulf due to industrial activity. By 1975, 400 offshore drilling rigs in the gulf hosted a temporary population of more than 10,000 workers
Gulf_of_Mexico
Russian professor
1962), is a Russian professor of drilling engineering and director of the Institute for Polar Science and Engineering in Jilin University, Changchun, China
Pavel_Talalay
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
Offshore ocean structure with oil drilling and related facilities
wells. Offshore drilling presents environmental challenges, both from the produced hydrocarbons and the materials used during the drilling operation. Controversies
Oil_platform
International petroleum organization
modest percentage of market share, saw the cancellation of many competing drilling projects, maintained the status quo at its June conference, and endorsed
OPEC
Assembly of flow-regulating valves
industries - Drilling and production equipment - Wellhead and Christmas tree equipment NORSOK STANDARD D-010, Well integrity in drilling and well operations
Christmas_tree_(oil_well)
Field of study in explosive materials
Physics Drilling and blasting Cooper, Paul W. (1996). Explosives Engineering. Wiley-VCH. ISBN 0-471-18636-8. "Mining and Explosives Engineering". Missouri
Explosives_engineering
U.S. petroleum industry is considered to have begun with Edwin Drake's drilling of a 69-foot (21 m) oil well in 1859, on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania
History of the petroleum industry
History_of_the_petroleum_industry
French multinational energy and petroleum company
in conjunction with China National Offshore Oil Corporation consists of drilling for oil in the Murchison Falls National Park, a habitat for diverse species
TotalEnergies
Oil and gas field in east Texas
2023. Drilling on the Slant, "Texas Ranger Dispatch Magazine" Archived June 24, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 30 June 2011) "Texas Drilling Permits"
East_Texas_Oil_Field
Sector of the oil and gas industry
Chain Management. Drilling Contractor Company A company that owns and operates drilling rigs that are contracted by an operator to drill wells. Examples
Upstream_(petroleum_industry)
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
Excavation method using explosives
quarrying and civil engineering such as dam, tunnel or road construction. The result of rock blasting is often known as a rock cut. Drilling and blasting currently
Drilling_and_blasting
Hydraulic or pneumatic powered rock or ground drill
A drifter drill, sometimes simply called a rock drill, is a tool used in mining and civil engineering to drill into rock. Rock drills are used for making
Drifter_drill
Reference price for trading of an oil commodity
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Benchmark_(crude_oil)
American oil company
equivalent (2,660,000 GJ) per day from unconventional oil directional drilling via Permian Resources and 140 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (860,000 GJ)
Occidental_Petroleum
geological surveyance of the area and drilled a number of wells. In the Takatu Basin, three wells were drilled between 1981 and 1993. However, they were
Petroleum_industry_in_Guyana
American multinational energy corporation
the company's deepest offshore drilling takes place at Tahiti and Blind Faith. The company also explored and drilled in the Marcellus Shale formation
Chevron_Corporation
Type of contract
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Production_sharing_agreement
Type of hydrocarbon reservoir
interconnected natural fractures in the production of gas First use of directional drilling in shale reservoirs to improve productivity by intersecting fractures Creation
Unconventional (oil and gas) reservoir
Unconventional_(oil_and_gas)_reservoir
Solid-solution binary alloy of nickel and copper
Engineering Solutions. Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2021-02-01. Mitchell, Bill (1995). Advanced Oilwell Drilling Engineering Handbook
Monel
Grade of crude oil used as a benchmark in oil pricing
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West_Texas_Intermediate
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
(1846-1900) to supervise its drilling operations in Pico Canyon, which became the Pico Canyon Oilfield. Mentry drilled three wells in 1875 and 1876 that
History of oil in California through 1930
History_of_oil_in_California_through_1930
Oilfield services company
2022, it is both the world's largest offshore drilling company and the world's largest offshore drilling contractor by revenue. Also known as SLB Limited
SLB
Mediterranean sea in West Asia
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Persian_Gulf
DRILLING ENGINEERING
DRILLING ENGINEERING
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Drinking
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
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.
Girl/Female
Indian
Driving
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
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
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
Hindu, Indian
Smilling
Boy/Male
Biblical Hebrew
Dwelling, habitation.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Possibly a variant of Stelling.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name, Illing.
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.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Driving
Boy/Male
Norse
Shining.
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.
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
Biblical American Hebrew
Dwelling, habitation.
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
Hindu
Driving
Boy/Male
Arabic
Fascinating; Thrilling
DRILLING ENGINEERING
DRILLING ENGINEERING
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Surya (Sun)
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire and Cheshire)
English (Lancashire and Cheshire) : unexplained; perhaps a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, or an altered form of Chandler.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Schändle,either a variant of Schandel, a metonymic occupational name for a candle maker, from Middle High German schandel (from French chandelle ‘candle’), or a derogatory nickname for an evil-doer, from a diminutive of Middle High German schande ‘shame’, ‘disgrace’, ‘ignominy’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name Heard or a Norman cognate Hard(on), also of Germanic origin. This was a byname meaning ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, but it also seems to have been used as a short form of the various compound names containing this as a first element. Occasionally this may also be a variant of Hardy.English, German, Dutch, and Swedish (Hård) : nickname for a stern or severe man, from Middle English, Middle Low German hard, Middle Dutch hart, hert, Swedish hård ‘hard’, ‘inflexible’. The Swedish name was probably originally a soldier’s name.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of particularly hard ground or one that was difficult to farm. Compare Hardacre.Dutch : occupational name from Middle Dutch harde, herde ‘herder’.
Boy/Male
Indian
Good news, Glad tidings
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mahitha Devi | மஹீதாதேவீÂ
Greatness
Girl/Female
Tamil
Boy/Male
Hindu
Peacemaker
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
She was a Devoted Worshipper and Ascetic of Basrah
Girl/Female
Tamil
Boy/Male
Tamil
Someshwar | ஸோமேஷà¯à®µà®°Â
Lord Shiva
DRILLING ENGINEERING
DRILLING ENGINEERING
DRILLING ENGINEERING
DRILLING ENGINEERING
DRILLING ENGINEERING
a.
Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair.
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.
A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton.
n.
The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.
n.
A compound crystal, consisting of three individuals.
n.
A drilling or tamping rod.
a.
Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair.
a.
Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
n.
The act of piercing with a drill.
a.
Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance.
n.
A drinking between meals.
n.
One of tree children born at the same birth.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Drill
a.
Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land.
n.
Same as Drilling.
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.
n.
A training by repeated exercises.
a.
Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Trill
a.
Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm.