Fatiguing exercise or extra drill for petty delinquencies.
·noun The act of <<Punishing>>. II. Punishment ·add. ·noun Severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The New Testament lays down the general principles of good government, but contains no code of laws ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The execution of the sentence against an offender, as awarded by a court-martial, or adjudged by a s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vi To sow in drills. II. Drill ·noun A row of seed sown in a furrow. III. Drill ·noun A small tri...
to drill a man on, to decoy or flatter a man into a thing ; also to amuse with delays. D. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Systematized instruction in the practice of all military exercises. ...
·- A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill. ...
·- A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a sc...
·add. ·- A machine tool for drilling slots, in which the work or tool has a lateral motion back and ...
A recent establishment of vessels in which the volunteers composing the Royal Naval Reserve are dril...