DRILL
Drill, v. i.
1. To trickle. [Obs. or R.] Sandys.
2. To sow in drills.
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.
Note: Drill is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, drill barrow or drill-barrow; drill husbandry; drill plow or drill-plow. Drill barrow, a wheeled implement for planting seed in drills. — Drill bow, a small bow used for the purpose of rapidly turning a drill around which the bowstring takes a turn. — Drill harrow, a harrow used for stirring the ground between rows, or drills. — Drill plow, or Drill plough, a sort plow for sowing grain in drills.
DRILL
Drill, n. Etym: [Cf. Mandrill.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophæus).
DRILL
Drill, n. Etym: [Usually in pl.] (Manuf.)