Definition of drill

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Drill (n.) 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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Drill :: Drill (v. i.) To trickle.
Drill :: Drill (n.) Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.
Drill :: Drill (n.) Same as Drilling.
Lancer :: Lancer (n.) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.
Depot :: Depot (n.) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled..
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..
Driller :: Driller (n.) One who, or that which, drills..
Palette :: Palette (n.) A breastplate for a breast drill.
Thrill :: Thrill (n.) A drill. See 3d Drill, 1..
Drilling :: Drilling (n.) A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton..
Jar :: "Jar (n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed..
Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool..
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..
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.) An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made..
Jig :: "Jig (n.) A contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work, and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a drill, or to form a shield or templet to work to, as in filing..
Parade :: Parade (v. t.) The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled..
Air Drill :: Air drill () A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill.
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..
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