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DrillDrill 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. DrillDrill 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. DrillDrill 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. Drill
Drill Drill, v. i.
1. To trickle. [Obs. or R.] --Sandys.
2. To sow in drills.
Drill
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.
DrillDrill 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.
Meaning of drills from wikipedia
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internal combustion engine (for example,
earth drilling augers).
Drills with a
percussive action (hammer
drills) are
mostly used in hard
materials such as...
- drill) or
within the hole (down-the-hole
drill, DTH).
Drills used for
horizontal drilling are
called drifter drills. In rare cases, specially-shaped bits...
- "
Drill, baby,
drill!" was a 2008
Republican campaign slogan first used at the 2008
Republican National Convention by
former Maryland Lieutenant Governor...
- A
drifter drill,
sometimes called a rock
drill, is a tool used in
mining and
civil engineering to
drill into rock. Rock
drills are used for
making holes...
- A
drilling rig is an
integrated system that
drills wells, such as oil or
water wells, or
holes for
piling and
other construction purposes, into the earth's...
-
hosted regions to
extract bulk
samples of the ore.
Churn drills are also
called percussion drills, as they
function by
lifting and
dropping a
heavy chisel-like...
- the chuck.
Drills come in
standardized drill bit sizes. A
comprehensive drill bit and tap size
chart lists metric and
imperial sized drills alongside the...
- tool into a
conventional drill for wood or
metal work.
Hammer drills are more
expensive and more
bulky than
regular drills, but are
preferable for applications...
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mastering "Reviews for
Isolation Drills by
Guided by Voices". Metacritic.
Retrieved April 28, 2016. Deming, Mark. "Isolation
Drills –
Guided by Voices". AllMusic...
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schools conduct 2 fire
drills per month.
Under later requirements, one of the 2 fire
drills was
replaced by a
monthly security drill. The
National Union...
