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(b) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw , and quarter a criminal .

In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. King.

5. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. "Where I first drew air."

Milton.

Drew , or seemed to draw , a dying groan. Dryden.

6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.

How long her face is drawn ! Shak.

And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee. J. R. Green.

7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.

8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe.

A flattering painter who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. Goldsmith.

Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power? Prior.

9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.

Clerk, draw a deed of gift. Shak.

10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water .

11. To withdraw. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Go wash thy face, and draw the action. Shak.

12. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.

&hand; Draw , in most of its uses, retains some shade of its original sense, to pull, to move forward by the application of force in advance, or to extend in length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a bar of metal by continued beating.

To draw a bow , to bend the bow by drawing the string for discharging the arrow. -- To draw a cover , to clear a cover of the game it contains. -- To draw a curtain , to cause a curtain to slide or move, either closing or unclosing. "Night draws the curtain , which the sun withdraws." Herbert . -- To draw a line , to fix a limit or boundary. -- To draw back , to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation. -- To draw breath , to breathe. Shak . -- To draw cuts ∨ lots . See under Cut , n. -- To draw in . (a) To bring or pull in; to collect. (b) To entice; to inveigle. -- To draw interest , to produce or gain interest. -- To draw off , to withdraw; to abstract. Addison . -- To draw on , to bring on; to occasion; to cause. "War which either his negligence drew on , or his practices procured." Hayward . -- To draw (one) out , to elicit cunningly the thoughts and feelings of another. -- To draw out , to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread out. -- "Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?" Ps. lxxxv. 5 . "Linked sweetness long drawn out ." Milton . -- To draw over , to cause to come over, to induce to leave one part or side for the opposite one. -- To draw the longbow , to exaggerate; to tell preposterous tales. -- To draw (one) to ∨ on to (something) , to move, to incite, to induce. "How many actions most ridiculous hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?" Shak . -- To draw up . (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in writing. (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array. " Drawn up in battle to receive the charge."

Dryden.

Syn. -- To Draw , Drag . Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty. Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say, the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.

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Draw (?) , v. i. 1. To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well.

&hand; A sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.

2. To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.

The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. John iv. 11.

3. To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.

Keep a watch upon the particular bias of their minds, that it may not draw too much. Addison.

4. (Med.) To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc.

5. To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.

6. To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.

So soon as ever thou seest him, draw ; and as thou drawest , swear horrible. Shak.

7. To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures. "Skill in drawing ."

Locke.

8. To become contracted; to shrink. "To draw into less room."

Bacon.

9. To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away , to move off, esp . in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back , to retreat; to draw level , to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off , to retire or retreat; to draw on , to advance; to draw up , to form in array; to draw near , nigh , or towards , to approach; to draw together , to come together, to collect.

10. To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon .

You may draw on me for the expenses of your journey. Jay.

11. To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily .

12. To sink in water; to require a depth for floating. "Greater hulks draw deep."

Shak.

To draw to a head . (a) (Med.) To begin to suppurate; to ripen, as a boil. (b) Fig.: To ripen, to approach the time for action; as, the plot draws to a head .

Draw <Xpage=452>

Draw , n. 1. The act of drawing; draught.

2. A lot or chance to be drawn.

3. A drawn game or battle, etc. [Colloq.]

4. That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge . [U.S.]

Drawable <Xpage=452>

Draw"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being drawn.

Drawback <Xpage=452>

Draw"back` (?) , n. 1. A lose of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.

The avari<?/e of Henry VII . . . . must be deemed a drawback from the wisdom ascribed to him. Hallam.

2. (Com.) Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied.

M<?/Culloch.

Drawbar <Xpage=452>

Draw"bar` (?) , n. (Railroad) (a) An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train. (b) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.

Drawbench <Xpage=452>

Draw"bench` (?) , n. (Med.) A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench .

Drawbolt <Xpage=452>

Draw"bolt` (?) , n. (Engin.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling .

Drawbore <Xpage=452>

Draw"bore` (?) , n. (Joinery) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together.

Weale.

Drawbore <Xpage=452>

Draw"bore` , v. t. 1. To make a drawbore in; as, to drawbore a tenon .

2. To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.

Drawboy <Xpage=452>

Draw"boy` (?) , n. (Weaving) A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also, a part of power loom that performs the same office.

Drawbridge <Xpage=452>

Draw"bridge` (?) , n. A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal.

&hand; The movable portion, or draw, is called, specifically, a bascule , balance , or lifting bridge , a turning , swivel , or swing bridge , or a rolling bridge , according as it turns on a hinge vertically, or on a pivot horizontally, or is pushed on rollers.

Drawcansir <Xpage=452>

Draw"can*sir (?) , n. [From the name of a bullying braggart character in the play by George Villiers called "The Rehearsal."] A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully.

The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir , sparing neither friend nor foe. Addison.

Draw-cut <Xpage=452>

Draw"-cut` (?) , n. A single cut with a knife.

Drawee <Xpage=452>

Draw*ee" (?) , n. (Law) The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer .

Drawer <Xpage=452>

Draw"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, draws ; as: (a) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom . Shak . (b) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer . (c) (Law) One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; -- the correlative of drawee .

2. That which is drawn ; as: (a) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in . (b) pl. An under-garment worn on the lower limbs.

Chest of drawers . See under Chest .

Drawfiling <Xpage=452>

Draw"fil`ing (?) , n. The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.

Drawgear <Xpage=452>

Draw"gear` (?) , n. 1. A harness for draught horses.

2. (Railroad) The means or parts by which cars are connected to be drawn.

Drawgloves <Xpage=452>

Draw"gloves` (?) , n. pl. An old game, played by holding up the fingers.

Herrick.

Drawhead <Xpage=452>

Draw"head` (?) , n. (Railroad) The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to the drawgear.

Drawing <Xpage=452>

Draw"ing , n. 1. The act of pulling, or attracting.

2. The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn.

3. The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.

4. (Textile Manuf.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning.

5. The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.

&hand; Drawing is used adjectively or as the first part of compounds in the sense of pertaining to drawing , for drawing (in the sense of pulling, and of pictorial representation); as, drawing master or drawing -master, drawing knife or drawing -knife, drawing machine, drawing board, drawing paper, drawing pen, drawing pencil, etc.

A drawing of tea , a small portion of tea for steeping. -- Drawing knife . See in the Vocabulary . -- Drawing paper (Fine Arts) , a thick, sized paper for draughtsman and for water-color painting. -- Drawing slate , a soft, slaty substance used in crayon drawing; -- called also black chalk , or drawing chalk . -- Free-hand drawing , a style of drawing made without the use of guiding or measuring instruments, as distinguished from mechanical or geometrical drawing; also, a drawing thus executed.

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Drawing knife, Drawknife <Xpage=453>

Draw"ing knife" (?) , Draw"knife` (?) , n.

1. A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave , and drawing shave .

2. (Carp.) A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.

Drawing-room <Xpage=453>

Draw"ing-room` (?) , n. [Abbrev. fr. withdraw-ing-room .]

1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

2. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room .

He [Johnson] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer. Macaulay.

Drawing-room car . See Palace car , under Car .

Drawl <Xpage=453>

Drawl (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Drawled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Drawling .] [Prob. fr. draw : cf. D. dralen to linger, tarry, Icel. dralla to loiter. See Draw , and cf. Draggle .] To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

Drawl <Xpage=453>

Drawl , v. i. To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc.

Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. Landor.

Drawl <Xpage=453>

Drawl , n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

Drawlatch <Xpage=453>

Draw"latch` (?) , n. A housebreaker or thief. [Obs.]

Old Play (1631).

Drawling <Xpage=453>

Drawl"ing (?) , n. The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl. -- Drawl"ing*ly , adv.

Bacon.

Drawlink <Xpage=453>

Draw"link` (?) , n. Same as Drawbar (b) .

Drawloom <Xpage=453>

Draw"loom` (?) , n.

1. A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns; -- called also drawboy .

2. A species of damask made on the drawloom.

Drawn <Xpage=453>

Drawn (?) , p. p. & a. See Draw , v. t. & i.

Drawn butter , butter melter and prepared to be used as a sort of gravy. -- Drawn fowl , an eviscerated fowl. -- Drawn game &or; battle , one in which neither party wins; one equally contested. -- Drawn fox , one driven from cover. Shak . -- Drawn work , ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern.

Drawnet <Xpage=453>

Draw"net` (?) , n. A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet.

Crabb.

Drawplate <Xpage=453>

Draw"plate` (?) , n. A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.

Drawrod <Xpage=453>

Draw"rod` (?) , n. (Railroad) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train.

Drawshave <Xpage=453>

Draw"shave` (?) , n. See Drawing knife .

Drawspring <Xpage=453>

Draw"spring` (?) , n. (Railroad) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.

Dray <Xpage=453>

Dray (?) , n. A squirrel's nest.

Cowper.

Dray <Xpage=453>

Dray , n. [AS. dr\'91ge a dragnet, fr. dragan . <?/<?/<?/<?/ . See Draw , and cf. 2d Drag , 1st Dredge .]

1. A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.

Addison.

2. A kind of sledge or sled.

Halliwell.

Dray cart , a dray. -- Dray horse , a heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray.

Drayage <Xpage=453>

Dray"age (?) , n.

1. Use of a dray.

2. The charge, or sum paid, for the use of a dray.

Drayman <Xpage=453>

Dray"man (?) , n. ; pl. Draymen (<?/) . A man who attends a dray.

Drazel <Xpage=453>

Draz"el (?) , n. [Cf. Dross , Drossel .] A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as Drossel . [Obs.]

Hudibras.

Dread <Xpage=453>

Dread (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dreaded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dreading .] [AS. dr<?/dan , in comp.; akin to OS. dr\'bedan , OHG. tr\'betan , both only in comp.] To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay.

Dread <Xpage=453>

Dread , v. i. To be in dread, or great fear.

Dread not, neither be afraid of them. Deut. i. 29.

Dread <Xpage=453>

Dread , n. 1. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

The secret dread of divine displeasure. Tillotson.

The dread of something after death. Shak.

2. Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth. Gen. ix. 2.

His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. Shak.

3. An object of terrified apprehension.

4. A person highly revered. [Obs.] "Una, his dear dread ."

Spenser.

5. Fury; dreadfulness. [Obs.]

Spenser.

6. Doubt; as, out of dread . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Syn. -- Awe; fear; affright; terror; horror; dismay; apprehension. See Reverence .

Dread <Xpage=453>

Dread , a.

1. Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.

A dread eternity! how surely mine. Young.