hand drilln.
/ˈhan(d) drɪl/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d) ˌdrɪl/ 1. Agriculture. A drill (drill n.4 2) drawn or pushed by hand.
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1756 T. Hale et al. Compl. Body Husbandry vii. xiv. 430/1 Let him sow his Clover by Means of a Hand Drill.
1771 A. Hunter Georgical Ess. II. v. 127 He harrows the land very fine, and, with the hand-drill..sows the seed in rows.
1850 Mechanics' Mag. 20 July 43 (caption) The Hand-Drill adapted to both Sowing and Manuring.
1887 Cultivator 6 Jan. 4/3 In localities where roots are grown extensively six acres a day is considered a good day's work for a man with a hand drill, and 12 to 15 acres with a one-horse drill.
1913 L. C. Corbett Garden Farming ix. 395 Seed sowing can be accomplished in the open, either by the hand drill or by scattering the seed from the hand along the row.
2000 J. M. Suttie Hay & Straw Conservation vi. 92 Hand-drills worked by two people have proved very efficient and economical of seed.
2.
a. A hand-operated or hand-held drill (drill n.2 1); a wheel brace.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > drill > other drills
jumper1769
screw drill1821
stop-drill1843
hand drill1845
Swiss drill1846
traverse-drill1853
crown borer1854
pin drill1858
foot drill1860
perforator1861
pin-bit1873
Archimedean drill1889
paddy1895
stope drill1908
stem1914
screw gun1945
1845 Racine (Wisconsin Territory) Advocate 11 Mar. Morgan's patent hand drill, a most useful article for smiths and machineists.
1882 Cent. Mag. June 241/2 A common hand-drill, a few jugs of nitric acid, and a plentiful supply of gunpowder complete the outfit of the marble-miners.
1964 F. Preston Man makes Hole 6/2 The hand drill or wheel brace is of fairly recent origin, although it derives from the so-called bevel drill widely made in Germany.
1992 Which? June 316/2 You could consider buying a hand drill, but with the cheapest hammer drill..costing the same as some hand drills, it's hardly worth it.
2010 Woodcarving Jan. 17/3 With a hand-held router the depth can be set, but with a hand drill you will need to set a depth gauge.
b. A device for starting a fire consisting of a long piece of thin cylindrical wood whose tip is pressed into a wooden hole or indentation, the shaft being rapidly twirled between the hands to create friction until a glowing ember is produced; = fire drill n. (b) at fire n. and int. Compounds 2a.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > mechanical device
fire stickc1300
flint-mill1757
fire piston1846
gas poker1855
gas lighter1856
fire drill1861
fire-churn1863
lighter1875
hand drill1891
fire-plough1893
electric wand1898
wax jack1937
1891 Ann Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 395 The twirled hand-drill is the simplest form of fire-making tool.
1942 Man 42 32/1 Fire is made by the hand-drill method.
1996 B. Blankenship & R. Blankenship Earth Knack 26 It's [sc. the bow drill is] not as primal as the fire plow or as sexy as the hand drill. Nevertheless, for reliability, choose a bow drill.
2012 Evening Post (Nexis) 28 Jan. 10 It is an incredibly useful skill and the Holy Grail for most bushcrafters, mastering the friction bow and hand drill.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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