Definition of drill

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Drill (n.) 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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Drill :: Drill (v. t.) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.
Drill :: Drill (v. t.) 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..
Zouave :: Zouave (n.) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65..
Drill :: Drill (n.) Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar..
Drill :: Drill (n.) An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made..
Lancer :: Lancer (n.) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.
Train :: Train (v. i.) To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a military company.
Drilled :: Drilled (imp. & p. p.) of Dril.
Quadrillion :: Quadrillion (n.) According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..
Drill Press :: Drill press () A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw..
Grind :: Grind (v. t.) To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc..
Drill :: Drill (v. i.) To trickle.
Carbonado :: Carbonado (n.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous..
Drill :: Drill (v. t.) 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..
Natica :: Natica (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells..
Quadrille :: Quadrille (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set..
Cotillion :: Cotillion (n.) A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc..
Jumper :: Jumper (n.) A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.
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