drillstock

A handle or holder for a drill, in which it is socketed, and by which it is worked. drill-tongs, s. A tool in which one jaw forms a bearing below the object, and the other carries the tool and rotative apparatus. The pre ure is obtained by pre ing the handles together, and an date itself to oblique surfaces. *7. A little draught or drink. "Drylle, or lytylle drafte of drynke. Haustillus."_ adjustable rest allows the purchase to accommo Prompt. Parv. II. Technically : 1. Mach .: A metallic tool for boring a hole in metal or hard material such as stone. Its form varies with the material in which it works. The drilled, pa. par. or a. [DRILL, v.] drill-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [DRILL, v.] II. Fig .: To receive a share or part; to share in. "His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty." Job xxi. 20. B. Transitive: I. Literally: 1. To imbibe or swallow; applied to liquids. "And they made him drink water."-1 Sam. xxx. 11. II. Figuratively: 1. To imbibe, to absorb, to suck in. "The earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it."- Heb . vi. 7. 2. To take or receive in by any inlet, as by one of action in metal is usually rotative, and the tool has verb.) two or more cutting edges. In stone drills the action is rotative or reciprocating; in the latter case the tool is alternately lifted and dropped. [ROCK DRILL.] To drill a hole the Japanese have a short awl inserted in a round piece of stick eight or nine inches long. They take the wood between their toes. squat on the ground, and make the hole by rubbing the handle of the awl between their hands. 2. Agric .: A machine for sowing grain in rows. [GRAIN-DRILL.] 3. Fabric : A heavy cotton twilled goods, used especially for lining; drilling. 4. Milit ., Naval , & c .: The act or proce of train ing soldiers or sailors to military or naval warfare as in the manual of arms, the execution of evolutions, . drill-barrow, s A seeding-machine, driven by manual power in the manner of a wheelbarrow; a hand-driven grain-drill.