What is to cause to slip or waste away by degrees. [Obs.] This accident hath drilled away the whole summer. Swift called?
drill — To cause to slip or waste away by degrees. [Obs.] This accident hath drilled away the whole summer. Swift. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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