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5 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drilling \Drill"ing\, n. 1. The act of piercing with a drill. 2. A training by repeated exercises. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drilling \Drill"ing\, n. The act of using a drill in sowing seeds. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drilling \Drill"ing\, n. [G. drillich fr L. trilix having three threads, fr the of tres three + licium a thread of the warm. See {Three}, and cf {Twill}.] (Manuf.) A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drilling n 1: the act of drilling [syn: {boring}] 2: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum [syn: {boring}, {oil production}]
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