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<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is <i>Urosalpinx cinerea</i>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Bow drill</col>, <col>Breast drill</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Bow</er>, <er>Breast</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Cotter drill</col>, &or; <col>Traverse drill</col></mcol>, <cd>a machine tool for drilling slots.</cd> -- <col>Diamond drill</col>. <cd>See under <er>Diamond</er>.</cd> -- <col>Drill jig</col>. <cd>See under <er>Jig</er>.</cd> -- <col>Drill pin</col>, <cd>the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key.</cd> -- <col>Drill sergeant</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions.</cd> -- <col>Vertical drill</col>, <cd>a drill press.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Drill</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Trill</er> to trickle, <er>Trickle</er>, <er>Dribble</er>, and W. <ets>rhillio</ets> to put in a row, drill.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; <as>as, waters <ex>drilled</ex> through a sandy stratum</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with <i>on</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>See <b>drilled</b> him on to five-fifty. <i> Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote> This accident hath <b>drilled</b> away the whole summer. <i> Swift.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Drill</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To trickle.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<i>Sandys.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To sow in drills.</def>

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<hw>Drill</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A small trickling stream; a rill.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their <b>drills</b>. <i>Sandys.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Agr.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A light furrow or channel made to put seed into sowing</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A row of seed sown in a furrow.</def>

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<note>&hand; <i>Drill</i> is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, <i>drill</i> barrow or <i>drill</i>-barrow; <i>drill</i> husbandry; <i>drill</i> plow or <i>drill</i>-plow.</note>

<cs><col>Drill barrow</col>, <cd>a wheeled implement for planting seed in drills.</cd> -- <col>Drill bow</col>, <cd>a small bow used for the purpose of rapidly turning a drill around which the bowstring takes a turn.</cd> -- <col>Drill harrow</col>, <cd>a harrow used for stirring the ground between rows, or drills.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Drill plow</col>, &or; <col>Drill plough</col></mcol>, <cd>a sort plow for sowing grain in drills.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Drill</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Mandrill</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large African baboon (<spn>Cynocephalus leucoph\'91us</spn>).</def>

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<hw>Drill</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Usually in <ets>pl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Manuf.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Drilling</er>.</def>