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Vinony

drill

noun

  1. tool for boring holes
  2. shallow furrow in which seeds or bulbs are placed during seeding
  3. species of primate
  4. sturdy warp-faced left-hand twill cotton fabric
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verb

  1. put holes into
  2. to train or exercise in military drill
L22915 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɹɪl/ / [dɹɪɫ]

noun

Etymology: From German Drillich (“denim, canvas, drill”).

  1. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English drillen (“to delay, defer, put off”), of origin unknown.

  1. To protract, lengthen out; fritter away, spend (time) aimlessly.

    “Quit purposely drilling out the time hoping that someone else will do your chores.”

  2. To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.

    “He tells me with great passion that she has bubbled him out of his youth; that she drilled him on to five and fifty [years old], and that he verily believes she will drop him in his old age, if she can find her account in another.”

  3. To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

    “August 28, 1731, letter by Jonathan Swift to John Gay and Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry This cursed accident hath drilled away the whole summer.”