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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drill \Drill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drilled}; p. pr & vb n. {Drilling}.] [D. drillen to bore, drill (soldiers); probably akin to AS pyrlian pyrelian to pierce. See {Thrill}.] 1. To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal. 2. To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence to instruct thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch of knowledge; to discipline. He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers. -- Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drill \Drill\, v. t. [Cf. {Trill} to trickle, {Trickle}, {Dribble}, and W. rhillio to put in a row, drill.] 1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as waters drilled through a sandy stratum. [R.] --Thomson. 2. To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water. 3. To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with on [Obs.] See drilled him on to five-fifty. -- Addison. 4. To cause to slip or waste away by degrees. [Obs.] This accident hath drilled away the whole summer. -- Swift. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drill \Drill\, v. i. To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drill \Drill\, n. 1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also a drill press. 2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like hence diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill. 3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as a severe drill in Latin grammar. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is {Urosalpinx cinerea}. {Bow drill}, {Breast drill}. See under {Bow}, {Breast}. {Cotter drill}, or {Traverse drill}, a machine tool for drilling slots. {Diamond drill}. See under {Diamond}. {Drill jig}. See under {Jig}. {Drill pin}, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key. {Drill sergeant} (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions. {Vertical drill}, a drill press. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drill \Drill\, n. [Cf. {Mandrill}.] (Zo["o]l.) A large African baboon ({Cynocephalus leucoph[ae]us}). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drill \Drill\, v. i. 1. To trickle. [Obs. or R.] --Sandys. 2. To sow in drills. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drill \Drill\, n. 1. A small trickling stream; a rill. [Obs.] Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills. --Sandys. 2. (Agr.) a An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made b A light furrow or channel made to put seed into sowing. c A row of seed sown in a furrow. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drill \Drill\, n. [Usually in pl.] (Manuf.) Same as {Drilling}. {Imperial drill}, a linen fabric having two threads in the warp and three in the filling. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drill n 1: a rotating drill powered by an electric motor [syn: {electric drill}] 2: a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows) 3: similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored [syn: {Mandrillus leucophaeus}] 4: training in marching and the use of weapons [syn: {military drill}] 5: systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" [syn: {exercise}, {practice}, {practice session}] v 1: drill a hole into [syn: {bore}] 2: train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons 3: learn by repetition [syn: {exercise}, {practice}, {practise}] 4: teach by repetition 5: undergo military training or do military exercises
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