Spudding

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The initial drilling of a well; a test drilling.

    "From these spuddings the approximate percentage loss of capacity can be estimated, but no reliable volume figures are obtained because the exact location of the spuddings is not known, and the area of the lake is seldom accurately known."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of spud form-of, gerund, participle, present

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