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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a
row, like a trickling rill of water.
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3. To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with on.
[Obs.]
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See drilled him on to five-fifty. -- Addison.
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4. To cause to slip or waste away by degrees. [Obs.]
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This accident hath drilled away the whole summer. --
Swift.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drill \Drill\, v. i.
To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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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.
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3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity
and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin
grammar.
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4. (Zool.) 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}.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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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.
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He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he
drilled his grenadiers. -- Macaulay.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drill \Drill\, v. i.
1. To trickle. [Obs. or R.] --Sandys.
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2. To sow in drills.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drill \Drill\, n.
1. A small trickling stream; a rill. [Obs.]
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Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their
drills. --Sandys.
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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.
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Note: Drill is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound; as, drill barrow or drill-barrow; drill
husbandry; drill plow or drill-plow.
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Drill barrow, a wheeled implement for planting seed in
drills.

Drill bow, a small bow used for the purpose of rapidly
turning a drill around which the bowstring takes a turn.

Drill harrow, a harrow used for stirring the ground between
rows, or drills.

Drill plow, or Drill plough, a sort plow for sowing grain
in drills.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drill \Drill\, n. [Cf. Mandrill.] (Zool.)
A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucoph[ae]us).
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drill \Drill\, n. [Usually in pl.] (Manuf.)
Same as Drilling.
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Imperial drill, a linen fabric having two threads in the
warp and three in the filling.
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WordNet Drill
n 1: a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes
in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by
repeated blows)
2: similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly
colored [syn: Mandrillus leucophaeus]
3: systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes
perfect" [syn: exercise, practice, practice session,
recitation]
4: (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in
ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms
v 1: make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill
here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall";
"drill for oil" [syn: bore]
2: train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
3: learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day";
"Pianists practice scales" [syn: exercise, practice, practise]
4: teach by repetition
5: undergo military training or do military exercises

Moby Dictionary
SOP , accustom , aculeus , acumination , application , apprentice ,
apprenticeship , athletics , auger , basic training , bed , bit , bite ,
bone , boning , bore , bore bit , borer , brace and bit , brainwork ,
break , break in , breaking , breast auger , breast drill , breather ,
breed , breeding , bring up , broach , broadcast , burr , burrow ,
calisthenics , chamfer bit , coach , common practice , con , condition ,
conditioning , conning , constitutional , contemplate , contemplation ,
corkscrew , countersink , cram , cramming , cross bit , cultivate ,
cultivation , cusp , daily dozen , deepen , delve , depress , develop ,
development , diamond drill , dibble , dig , dig out , dike , discipline ,
disseminate , dive , dredge , drill press , drilling , drive ,
elucubrate , empierce , engrossment , examine , excavate , exercise ,
exercising , extensive study , fetch up , fetching-up , fit , fix ,
forest , form , foster , fostering , furrow , gimlet , go over , gore ,
gouge , gouge out , grind , grinding , groom , grooming , groove , grub ,
gymnastic exercises , gymnastics , habituate , hand drill , headwork ,
hole , honeycomb , house-train , housebreak , housebreaking , impale ,
implant , improve , improvement , in-service training , indoctrinate ,
inseminate , inspection , instruct , isometrics , keyway drill , lance ,
lick into shape , lower , lucubrate , lucubration , manual training ,
matter of course , mental labor , military training , mine , mucro ,
neb , needle , nib , nurse , nurture , nurturing , on-the-job training ,
penetrate , perforate , perusal , peruse , physical education ,
physical jerks , pierce , pink , plant , plunge into , point , pore over ,
portable drill , posthole auger , pot , power drill , practice ,
preparation , prepare , prescribed form , prick , prickle , procedure ,
pump drill , punch , puncture , put in , put in tune , put to school ,
quarry , raise , raising , ratchet drill , read , reading , ready ,
readying , ream , ream out , reamer , rear , rearing , reforest ,
regard studiously , rehearsal , rehearse , repetition , reset , restudy ,
restudying , retimber , review , riddle , rotary drill , rule ,
run through , sap , scatter seed , school , scoop , scoop out , scrabble ,
scrape , scratch , seed , seed down , seminate , send to school , set ,
set form , setting-up exercises , shovel , sink , skewer , sloyd , sow ,
sow broadcast , spade , spear , spike , spit , stab ,
standard operating procedure , standing orders , star drill , stick ,
sting , strap drill , stretch , study , studying , subject , swot ,
swotting , take in hand , tap , teach , tip , train , training , transfix ,
transpierce , transplant , trench , trepan , trephine , trough , tunnel ,
tutor , twist bit , twist drill , upbringing , vet ,
vocational education , vocational training , wade through ,
wide reading , wimble , workout , yoga