2. Verb. (third-person singular of drill) ¹
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Definition of Drills
1. drill [v] - See also: drill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drills
Literary usage of Drills
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"This led Addison to take an interest in drills, and later he became acquainted
with Joseph C. Githens, who had a shop for repairing the Burleigh drill, ..."
2. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1909)
"DRILL TROUBLES Twist-drills will stand more strain in proportion to their size
and weight than almost any other tool, and when a good drill gives trouble it ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"With the exception of stoping drills, most modern rock drills require both oil and
... Ordinary machine oil is not adapted to rock drills; a heavier more ..."
4. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1898)
"Rock-drills.—According to N. Hedberg,* rock-drills have been in use in the
Dannemora district since 1891 with complete success. ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Rock drills are extensively used in quarrying, tunneling, mining, ... Rotary drills
differ from percussion drills in the fact that the drill makes its way ..."
6. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"Fiate drills are those having flutes or grooves arranged ... Straight shank drills
are used in lathes or in drill chucks. For instance, where a straight ..."
7. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"Percussive hand drills are divided into (1) churn drills, in which the blow ...
Table I shows the average clearance given to hand drills for work in rock of ..."
8. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"Hammer drills will not stand as reciprocating drills; their parts are lighter;
... As the "S -À Iced of hammer drills is generally shorter than that of ..."
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