DRILL  . (I) A See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool for See also:

• BORING

boring or making holes in hard sub-stances, such as See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, &c . (an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century from the Dutch dril or drille, from drillen, to turn, See also:

• BORE

bore a hole; according to the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary the word is not to be connected with the English thrill ") . The word drillen was used in Dutch, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and Danish, from the 17th century for training in military exercises and was adopted into English in the same sense . The origin of the application seems to be in the See also:

• PRIMARY

primary sense of " to turn See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round," from the turning of the troops in their evolutions and from the turning of the weapons in the soldiers' hands . Drill is, formally, the preparation of soldiers for their duties in See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war by the practice or See also:

• REHEARSAL (from " rehearse," to say over again, repeat, recount, O.Fr. rehercer, from re, again, and hercer, to harrow, cf. " hearse," the original meaning being to rake or go over the same ground again as with a harrow)

rehearsal of movements in military See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order and the handling of arms, and, psychologically, the method of producing in the individual soldier habits of self-See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control and of mechanically precise actions under disturbing conditions, and of rendering the See also:

• COMMON

common instinctive will of a See also:

• BODY

body of men, large or small, amenable to the control of, and susceptible to a stimulus imparted by its See also:

• COMMANDER

commander's will . (2) A furrow made in the See also:

• SOIL

soil in which See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed may be sown, and a See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine used for See also:

• SOWING (from "to sow," O. Eng. shwan, cf. Du. zaaijen, Ger. saen, &c.; the root is seen in Lat. severe, cf. "seed")

sowing seed in such furrows (see SowING) . The word is somewhat doubtful in origin . It may be the same as an obsolete word " drill," to trickle, flow in drops, also a small stream or flow of See also:

• WATER

water, a rill, and is possibly an altered See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " trill." • (3) In See also:

• ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology, the native name of a large See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-tailed See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

• BABOON (from the Fr. babuin, which is itself derived from Babon, the Egyptian deity to whom it was sacred)

baboon, Papio leucophaeus, closely allied to the See also:

• MANDRILL (a name formed by the prefix " man " to the word " drill," which was used in ancient literature to denote an ape, and is probably of West African origin)

mandrill (q.v.), but distinguished by the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of brilliant See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue and See also:

• SCARLET

scarlet on the jaws of the fully adult See also:

• MALES

males . (4) The name of a fabric made in both See also:

• LINEN

linen and See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, and commonly bleached and finished stiff . The word is a shortened form of " drilling," from the German drillich, or " three threaded," and is so named because the weave originally used in its construction is what is termed the three-See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf See also:

• TWILL (connected with " two ")

twill, nine repeats of which appear in the accompanying figure, while immediately below the See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design is an intersection of all the nine threads with the first pick . It is essentially a warp-faced fabric; that is, the upper See also:

• SURFACE

surface is composed mostly of warp threads .

In the figure it will be seen that two out of every three threads appear on the surface, and, by introducing a greater number of threads per See also:

• INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

inch than picks per inch, the weft is made to occupy a still more subordinate position so far as the upper surface of the See also:

• CLOTH

cloth is concerned . Although the weave shown is still extensively used in this See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch, there are others, e.g. the 4-See also:

• THREAD (0. Eng. praed, literally, that which is twisted, prawan, to twist, to throw, cf. " throwster," a silk-winder, Ger. drehen, to twist, turn, Du. draad, Ger. Draht, thread, wire)

thread and the 5-thread weaves, which are employed for the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of this cloth . Large quantities of drill are shipped to the Eastern markets and to other sub-tropical centres, from which it is sold for clothing . In temperate climates it forms a satisfactory material for ladies' and See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children's summer clothing, and it is used by chefs, hairdressers, See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision merchants, grocers, buttermen, painters and decorators, &c.,while many of the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long jackets or overalls, such as those worn by many See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill and factory managers, are made from the same material .