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noun

a drill powered by compressed air.

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How to use air drill in a sentence

The ordinary compressed air drill (which may, for surface work, be operated also by steam) may be taken as an illustration.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1|Various
The bang, bang of the compressed air drill was getting louder and louder as the moments passed.
The Iron Boys in the Mines|James R. Mears
The more recent forms perform the same amount of work as the air drill, with a consumption of about one-tenth the power.
Every-day Science: Volume VI. The Conquest of Nature|Henry Smith Williams
A compressed air drill was brought, a dolly-rod inserted, and then the dolmite was drilled to a thin shell.
The Iron Boys in the Steel Mills|James R. Mears

The next day I went to work running an air-drill at four dollars a day.
The Lilac Girl|Ralph Henry Barbour