EMPIRE DRILL

Domain	Definition
Mining	A. A light, hand-operated churn drill for testing placers from 10 to 125 ft (3.0 to 38.1 m) deep, though it is more commonly used for shallower holes. It consists of a string of 4-in (10.2-cm) casing, to the lower end of which is screwed a toothed cutting shoe. To the upper part, projecting above the ground, is fastened a round steel platform on which workers stand while operating the drilling tools. The casing can be turned by workers or a horse on the end of a long sweep fastened to the platform. The core of material inside the casing is loosened and brought to the surface by a drill pump on the end of a string of rods. CF:Banka dril. (references)
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Anagrams: EMPIRE DRILL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-l-l-m-p-r-r"
	-1 letter: imperilled.
	-2 letters: imperiled, millipede.
	-3 letters: dimplier, impelled, impeller, milleped, milliped, periderm, perilled, predrill.
	-4 letters: demirep, driller, epiderm, impeder, imperil, implied, millier, periled, premier, prilled, redrill, replied, replier, rimpled.
	-5 letters: delime, deperm, dimple, elmier, empire, epimer, impede, lieder, lilied, limier, limped, limper, limpid, lipide, melder, melled, milder, milled, miller, mirier, pedler, perdie, permed, pilled, prelim, premed.
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