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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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
drilled
adj : trained in a skill by repetitious practice; "well-drilled in
military procedures"
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