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1 Gospel Workers (1892/1893 ed.), p. 283.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… for military drill. Here day after day, at certain seasons of the year, we see the soldiers training. They are drilled in all the duties of the army, so that in case …
2 Gospel Workers (1915 ed.), p. 74.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… for military drill. Here, day after day, at certain seasons of the year, we see the soldiers training. They are drilled in all the duties of the army, so that in case …
3 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 171.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… for military drill. Here, day after day, at certain seasons of the year, we see the soldiers training, so that they may be ready, when needed, to engage in actual …
4 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 280.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… for military drill. Here day after day, at certain seasons of the year, we see the soldiers training. They are drilled in all the duties of the army, so that in case …
5 The Youth’s Instructor December 22, 1886, paragraph 1
… for military drill. Not only do grown men maneuver here, but youth and school boys have their uniforms and are trained to become soldiers. They come with instrumental …
6 Ellen G. White in Europe 1885-1887, p. 54.2 (D. A. Delafield)
… for military drill. Here, day after day, at certain seasons of the year, we see the soldiers training, so that they may be ready, when needed, to engage in actual …
7 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRILLING.1 (Noah Webster)
DRILLING, ppr. Boring with a drill; training to military duty; sowing in drills.
8 The Spirit of Prophecy and Military Service, p. 21.2 (William C. White)
… compulsory military drill required annually of each young man in Switzerland. There was no counsel given that our young men should resist or disregard …
9 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships, p. 191 (Ellen Gould White)
Required Military Drill
11 Etymology dictionary, p. Chinese (adj.).2
… fire-drill "chaotic situation of many people rushing around futilely" is attested by 1962, U.S. military slang, perhaps with roots in World War II U.S. Marine …
12 Etymology dictionary, p. drill (v.2).2
"to instruct in military exercise," 1620s (a sense also found in Dutch drillen and the Danish and German cognates), probably from drill (v.1) on the notion of troops "turning" in maneuvers. Related: Drilled, drilling .
13 Etymology dictionary, p. drill (v.2).3
… in military movements" is by 1760. Drill-master "one who gives practical instructions in military tactics" is by 1766.
14 Etymology dictionary, p. goose-step (n.).2
… a military drill to teach balance; "to stand on each leg alternately and swing the other back and forth." This, presumably, reminded someone of a goose's way of …
15 Etymology dictionary, p. Hezbollah (n.).2
… in military drill to young Moslems."
16 Etymology dictionary, p. mark (v.).3
… from military drill, originally "move the feet as if marching but remain in place."
17 Etymology dictionary, p. martinet (n.).2
… the drill and strict discipline of the French regiment of Guards across the whole infantry" [Olaf van Minwegen, "The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions …
18 Etymology dictionary, p. militia (n.).2
… of military discipline," from Latin militia "military service, warfare," from miles "soldier" (see military (adj.)). The sense of "citizen army" (as distinct from professional …
19 Etymology dictionary, p. pugilist (n.).3
… U.S. military as a substitute for rifles in bayonet drills.
20 Etymology dictionary, p. side-step (n.).2
also sidestep, 1757, "a stepping to the side" (originally in military drill), from side (adj.) + step (n.). The verb is recorded from 1895, "step to one side;" the figurative sense of "evade (an issue), prevaricate" is attested from 1900.