DRILL Copy link • DRILL 1. To perforate, terebrare (to make a hole with a drill or gimlet): perterebrare (quite through): perforare (general term for piercing holes). [Vid: To PERFORATE.] To entice, allure, Vid: To exercise troops, *milites in armis tractandis exercere: exercere: to be well drilled, *armorum usum habere; *armorum usu praestare: to drill the troops well after the Roman fashion, milites perpetuis exercitiis ad Romanae disciplinae formam redigere (i. e., to introduce the Roman tactics): milites frequentibus exercitiis ad proelia praeparare (to fit them for battle). 2. A boring tool, terebra (τρίπαναν, τρυπάνιον): modiolus (χοινίκιον; a bore with indented edge; Vid: Cels., 8, 3, in.). A baboon, *simia pavianus (Linn.). Drill sergeants, milites ad tradendam disciplinam immixti manipulis (general term, Agr., 28, 2): armorum doctores (those who superintend the drilling): campi doctores (with reference to military evolutions; Vid: Salmas., ael. Lampr., vol. i., p. 1012, Haack.). DRILL-PLOUGH or