To pierce with a drill; to perforate by turning a sharp pointed instrument of a particular form; to bore and make a hole by turning an instrument. We say, to drill a hole through a piece of metal, or to drill a cannon.

To draw on; to entice; to amuse and put off. She drilled him on to five and fifty.

To draw on from step to step.

To draw through; to drain; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum.

In a military sense, to teach and train raw soldiers to their duty, by frequent exercise; a common and appropriate use of the word.

In husbandry, to sow grain in rows, drills or channels.

To sow in drills.

To flow gently.

To muster, for exercise.

A pointed instrument, used for boring holes, particularly in metals and other hard substances.

An ape or baboon.

The act of training soldiers to their duty.

Asmall stream; now called a rill.

In husbandry, a row of grain, sowed by a drill-plow.