n. One who passes, in any sense of that word.n. A drill used in cutlery to make holes to receive little ornamental studs of gold or silver. It has a stop to prevent the point of the drill from penetrating the handle beyond the required depth.n. A gimlet.n. A genus of fringilliform or conirostral oscine passerine birds, founded by Brisson in 1760, typically representing the family Fringillidæ, and a representative example of the Oscines or normal Passeres.