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See drafty2. drave (drav). Archaic preterit of drive. strings, as a purse, so as to open or to close it; pull acro : as, to draw the bow acro the strings of a violin. Even such a man. Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night, And would have told him, half his Troy was burn'd. We will draw the curtain, and show you the picture. Shak ., T. N., i. 5. Close up his eyes, and draw the curtain close; And let us all to meditation. Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 3. I draw not my purse for his sake that demands it, but His that enjoined it. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, ii. 2. Which [heart] shall ever when I am with you be in my face and tongue, and when I am from you, in my letters, Donne, Letters, xxiii. 3. To remove or extract by pulling: as, to draw a sword (from its scabbard); to draw teeth; to draw a cork. Agrauadain... drough his swerde, and app are i led hym self to diffende. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 569. Draw not thy sword; thou know'st I cannot fear A subject's hand. for I will never draw curtain between you and it. Beau , and Fl ., Maid's Tragedy, iii. 1. He durst not draw a knife to cut his meat. Fletcher ( and another ), Love's Cure, iii. 2. 4. To take or let out, as from a receptacle or repository; remove; withdraw: as, to draw water from a well or wine from a cask; to draw blood; to draw money from a bank; to draw the charge from a gun. The Angell of Death drew from him his soule out of his nostrils, by the smell of an apple of Paradise. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 261. Myself drew some blood in those wars, which I would give my hand to be washed from. Beau, and Fl . , Phil aster, i. 1. 5. To take, get, derive, or obtain, as from a source: as, to draw supplies from home; to draw consolation from the promises of Scripture. I write to zou a tretice in englisch breuely drawe out of the book of quint is e encijs in latyn. Book of Quinte E ence (ed. Furnivall), p. 1. The colonies of heaven must be drawn from earth. Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., iii. 25. What I argue shall be drawn from the scripture only; and therin from true fundamental principles gospel. Milton, Civil Power. The Poet draws the Occasion from an Invitation which he here makes to his Friend. Congreve, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, xi., Arg. The genius of every remembered poet drew the forces that built it up out of the decay of a long succe ion of forgotten ones, Lowell , Study Windows, p. 234. Some persons draw lucky or unlucky omens from the first object they see on going out of the house in the morning. E. W. Lane , Modern Egyptians, I. 340. 12. To extort; force out: as, the recital of his sufferings drew tears from every eye. He [William II.] set forth a Proclamation that none should go out of the Realm without his Licence, by which he drew much Money from many. Baker , Chronicles, p. 34. 13. To inhale or suck in; get or cause to pa by inhalation or suction: as, to draw a long breath; to draw air into the lungs; the dust is drawn into the chimney. 'Tis bane to draw The same air with thee. B. Jonson, Cat i line, iii. 1. 14. To drain or let out the contents of; empty by drawing off a fluid from: as, to draw a pond. "O father, father, draw your dam,... There's either a mermaid or a swan." The Twa Sisters (Child's Ballads, II. 241). A lione , with udders all drawn dry, Lay couching. Shak., As you Like it, iv. 3. Or hath the palene of thy guilt drunk up Thy blood, and drawn thy veins as dry of that, As is thy heart of truth? B. Jonson, Cat i line, iv. 2. 15. To drag along on the ground or other sur- face; move in contact with a surface: as, to draw the finger over anything. [In an early form of the punishment of death by hanging, the sufferer was violent- ly dragged or drawn to the gallows at the tail of a horse. Later the execution was rendered more humane, without altering its form, by drawing the condemned on a hurdle, or in a cart, instead of literally on the ground. See def. 16, and compare to hang , draw , and quarter , under hang , v.] With wilde hors he schal be drawe . Richard Coer de Lion , 1. 4632. The howndes schuld the flesch drawe . Sir Amadas , 1. 173 (Weber's Metr. Rom., III.). 16. To eviscerate; disembowel: as, to draw poultry; hanged, drawn, and quartered. See hang, v.-17. To extract the strength or e ential qualities of; prepare by infusion: as, to draw tea.-18. To extend by or as if by pulling; stretch; lengthen; prolong: as, to draw wire; to draw a long face. His face drawn longer than 'twas wont. B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. While the fatal sister sought to twine His thread and keep it even, she drew it so fine It burst. Webster, Monumental Column. draw In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetne long drawn out. Milton, L'Allegro, 1. 140. 19. To pull to a certain point, as a bowstring or a bow, in order to release it with an impetus. And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel. 1 Ki. xxii. 34. Our attention is directed to the proper manner of draw ing the bow-string. Strutt , Sports and Pastimes, p. 124. 20. To drag or force from cover, as a fox, badger, etc.; force to appear. See badger - bait ing. You may draw your Fox if you please, Sir, and make a Bear-Garden Flourish somewhere else. Congreve, Way of the World, v. 10. 21. To bring out by coaxing or stratagem; cause to declare one's views or opinions; betray into utterance. We are rather inclined to think that Mr. Coleman was drawn on the occasion, and that he failed to perceive it. Westminster Rev., CXXV. 580. 22. To produce; bring in: as, the deposits draw interest.-23. To get or obtain, especially as due; take or receive by right, as for service, succe in competition, etc. If every ducat in six you sand ducats Were in six parts, and every part a ducat, I would not draw them-I would have my bond. Shak ., M. of V., iv. 1. After supper we drew cuts for a score of apricocks, the longest cut still to draw an apricock. Marston and Webster , Malcontent, Ind. 24. To trace; mark or lay out: as, to draw a straight line. He [God] draws the line of his Justice parallel to that of his Mercy. Stilling fleet , Sermons, II. iv. Warring on a later day, Round affrighted Lisbon drew The treble works, the vast designs Of his labour'd rampart-lines. Tennyson, Death of Wellington, vi. 25. To delineate; sketch in lines or words; depict: as, to draw a plan or a portrait; he drew a graphic picture of the condition of the city. I haue drawne a Map from point to point, Ile to Ile, and Harbour to Harbour, with the Soundings, Sands, Rocks, and Land-markes. Capt. John Smith , True Travels, II. 180. In which picture he is drawn leaning on a desk, I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 52. The flowers therein, Drawn on the margin of the yellowing skin Where chapters ended. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 209. 26. To make a draft of; write out in form; in old use, to compose or compile: as, to draw a deed; to draw a check. This buke is on Ynglese drawen. Hampole , Prick of Conscience, L. 336. Go, the condition's drawn , ready dated; There wants but your hand to 't. Fletcher and Rowley , Maid in the Mill, ii. 2. He entreated Mr. Doctor her husband that hee would draw a booke [a bill or brief] to intimate to the judge his reasons, and hee would be very thank full to him. Benvenuto , Pa engers' Dialogues (1612), He withdrew himself to his lodging... and drew out both his propositions and answers to our complaints. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 241. Then, strongly fencing ill-got wealth by law, Indentures, covenants, articles, they draw . Pope, Donne's Satires, ii. 94. 27. Naut., to require a depth of at least (so many feet of water) in order to float: said of a ve el: as, the ship draws 10 feet of water. And then he fell to explain to me his manner of casting the draught of water which a ship will draw before-hand. Pepys, Diary, II. 378. On account of their being so liable to run aground, the boats of the Nile are generally made to draw rather more water at the head than at the stern. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, II. 27. 28. In med., to digest and cause to discharge: as, to draw an absce or ulcer by a poultice or plaster.-29. In card- playing, to take or receive, as a card or cards not yet dealt from the pack, or one to which a player is entitled from another hand.-30. In mining, to raise (ore) to the surface. Drawing, hoisting, winding, and lifting are all terms in use in various mining districts, and have e entially the same meaning. The engine which does the work is most commonly called the winding - engine; but the most comprehensive and generally used phrase for raising coal or ore from the mine to the surface is drawing stuff. Drawn forward, said of a furnace-fire when fuel is added to it and the draft is turned on. - To draw a bead on. See bead. - To draw a cover, to hunt through it for game. - To draw back, to receive back, as duties on goods. To draw cuts. See cut. To draw down, in forging, to reduce the size of (metal bars) by hammering. To draw dry, to draw off or remove all the contents from; empty completely; as, to draw a well dry. 1761 My purse is large and deep, Beyond the reach of riot to draw dry. Beau . and Fl ., Laws of Candy, ii. 1. To draw in. (a) To contract; reduce to a smaller compa ; cause to shrink or contract: as, to draw in one's expenses. Mi Gisborne's flannel is promised the last of the week, and it must be drawn in to-morrow. S. Judd, Margaret, i. 2. (b) To collect; bring together: as, to draw in one's loans. (c) To entice, allure, or inveigle: as, he was cunningly drawn in by a schemer. That a Fool should ask such a malicious Question! Death! I shall be drawn in before I know where I am. Congreve, Old Batchelor, iii. 10. To draw in the horns. See horn.- To draw it fine, to make over-scrupulous, nice, or affected distinctions. [Colloq.1-To draw it mild, to expre something in moderate terms; refrain from exaggeration. [Colloq.]To draw off. (a) To withdraw; divert: as, to draw off the mind from a painful subject. (b) To take or cause to flow: as, to draw off wine or cider from a ve el. (c) To extract by distillation. - To draw on. (a) To allure; entice: as, to draw one on by promises of favor. Some thought that Philip did but trifle with her; Some that she but held off to draw him on . Tennyson, Enoch Arden. (6) To occasion; invite; bring about. Was there ever People so active to draw on their own Howell, Letters, I. vi. 52. Ruin? Under colour of war, which either his negligence drew on , or his practices procured, he levied a subsidy. Sir J. Hayward . To draw out. (a) To lengthen; extend. Virgil has drawn out the rules of tillage and planting into two books, which Hesiod has despatched in half a one. Add is on, Virgil's Georgics. (b) To lengthen in time; cause to continue; protract. Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? Ps. lxxxv. 5. Thy unkindne shall his death draw out To lingering sufferance. Shak., M. for M., ii. 4. On the stage Of my mortality my youth hath acted Some scenes of vanity, drawn out at length By varied pleasures. Ford, Broken Heart, iii. 5. (c) To cause to i ue forth; draw off, as liquor from a cask. When one came to the pre fat for to draw out fifty ve els out of the pre , there were but twenty. Hag. ii. 16. (d) To extract, as the spirit of a substance. (e) To detach; separate from the main body: as, to draw out a file or party of men. Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the pa over. Ex. xii. 21. (1) To range; array in line. It had bin a small maistery for him, to have drawn out his Legions into array, and flankt them with his thunder. draw =Syn. 1. Draw, Drag, Haul. These words are in an as cending scale according to the effort involved. They generally imply that the person or thing drawing, etc., goes before or along. Draw usually implies merely effective pulling or persuasion. Dragging is generally upon the ground or surface, to overcome active or pa ive resistance: as, to drag a culprit to jail; to drag a log to the mill. Haul more distinctly implies the use of main force against a counteracting impediment, as that of a dead weight, or against active resistance, as that of a struggling person: as, to haul a boat ashore; to haul up a prisoner. Equally a nuisance are the native cartmen, with their long low carts drawn by mules or donkeys. E. Sartorius , In the Soudan, ii. Death from a rough and homely feast Drew them away. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, II. 243. Hence will I drag thee headlong by the heels Unto a dunghill, which shall be thy grave. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 10 Thy Doll, and Helen of thy noble thoughts, Is in base durance, and contagious prison; Haul'd thither By most mechanical and dirty hand. Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., v. 5. II. in trans. 1. To produce motion, or movement of any kind, by force of pulling, suction, or attraction: as, an animal or an engine draws by sheer strength or energy; a sail draws by being filled with wind and properly trimmed; a chimney or a stove draws by sucking in a current of air; a magnet draws by its inherent power of attraction; a blister or poultice is popularly said to draw from its attracting humors to the surface or bringing an absce to a head. An heifer. which hath not drawn in the yoke. Deut. xxi. 3. 2. To have an attracting influence or effect; attract attention or attendance; exercise allurement, literally or figuratively: as, the play draws well. Example draws , when Precept fails, And Sermons are le read than Tales. Prior, The Turtle and Sparrow. They should keep a watch upon the particular bias in their minds, that it may not draw too much. Add is on, Spectator. It is a singular fact that Mr. Emerson is the most steadily attractive lecturer in America. Mr. Emerson always draws . Lowell , Study Windows, p. 375. 3. In billiards , to make the cue-ball recoil from an object-ball.-4. To shrink; contract. I have not yet found certainly that the water itself, by mixture of ashes or dust, will shrink or draw into le Bacon, Nat. Hist. room. Milton , Church-Government, ii. 1. All his past life, day by day, In one short moment he could see Drawn out before him. Marewood, E ay on Inebriating Liquors, 1824, p. 28, says that the Moslem physician Rhazes drew over a red oil by distillation (A. D. 908), called oleum bene dictum philoso- phorum. N. and Q., 6th ser., p. 159. (b) To persuade or induce to revolt from an opposing party, and to join one's own party: as, some men may be drawn over by interest, others by fear. - To draw rein, to tighten the reins; hence, to slacken one's speed; stop. He reached a broad river's side, And there he drew his rein. Sir Roland (Child's Ballads, I. 226). To draw the curtain. See curtain. - To draw the jacks, in weaving , to depre the jack-sinkers, one by one, so as to form double loops. To draw the line, to make a limit or division in thought, action, conce ion, etc.: as, I will do no more; I draw the line at that. M. Robin seems to us to be wrong in supposing that it is po ible to draw any absolute line of separation between the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Pasteur , Fermentation (trans.), p. 313. To draw the long bow. See bow2 . - To draw up. (a) To raise; lift; elevate. (6) To bring together in regular order or arrangement, as in line of battle; array. This select a embly was drawn up in the centre of a prodigious multitude. Add is on, Vision of Justice. At the very first review which he [Tyrconnel] held, it was evident to all who were near to him that he did not know how to draw up a regiment. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. On the 30th of May, General Halleck had his whole army drawn up prepared for battle. U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, I. 380. (c) To compose in due form, as a writing, in order to embody what has been proposed; prepare in writing: as, to draw up a petition; to draw up a memorandum of contract. having approved The lady hereafter-mentioned, my late discourse of advertisements, obliged me to draw up this, and insert it in the body of my paper. Steele, Tatler, No. 245. A committee was appointed to draw up an answer. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 5. To move in some direction or manner indicated by an adjunct or adjuncts; go, come, pa , etc., by or as if by being drawn or attracted (with reference to some specific course or destination): as, the wind drew strongly through the ravine. See phrases below. He, arriving with the fall of day, Drew to the gate. Spenser, F. Q., VI. iii. 37. 6. To unsheathe one's sword: as, draw and defend thyself; he drew upon me. Draw, if you be men. - Gregory, remember thy swashing blow. Shak., R. and J., i. 1. A nobleman can now no longer cover with his protection every. bully who draws in his quarrel. Macaulay, West. Reviewer's Def. of Mill. 7. To use or practise the art of delineating figures: as, he draws correctly.-8. To make a draft or demand: with on or upon: as, to draw on one's imagination, experience, etc. It is on my own personal reminiscences that I draw for the following story. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 98. Draw not too often on the gushing spring, But rather let its own o'erflowing tell Where the cool waters rise. Jones Very, Poems, p. 76. Hence-9. To make a formal written application through a bank or other medium for money or supplies: with on : as, draw on the firm when you need funds. You may draw on me for the expenses of your journey. Jay. 10. To be susceptible to the action of drawing or pulling: as, the cart draws easily; the pipe draws freely. Thy balance will not draw; thy balance will not down. Quarles, Emblems, i. 4. 11. In manuf., to leave the mold with ease, because of the shape given to the mold and therefore to the piece cast in it. In metal-casting, molding of pottery, and the like, care is taken that the shape shall be such that the least touch will disengage the object from the mold: thus, the sides of the mold are not normal to the back, but slightly inclined, and similar precautions are taken in other cases. See deliverl, v. i. 12. To sink or settle in water: said of ships. Light boats may sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep. Shak., T. and C., ii. 3. draw Drawing curtains, curtains made to open and close 1762 2. That which is drawn or carried; especially, dorsers, and the like. Inventory 1582, in Jour. Archæol. A ., XXX. 253. - To draw aftert, to "take after"; resemble. She is youre doughter with-oute doute, and draweth litill after hir moder. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 434. He is more suetter then is any maide. Off that he drawith after that laydy Ffro whom he is disc ended uerily. Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 6243. bridge which is drawn up or aside.-4. A drawn game; the result of a game or contest when neither party gains the advantage: as, the match ended in a draw.-5. The act or manner of bending a bow preparatory to shooting. The utmost care and great practice should be given to acquiring the correct draw. M. and W. Thompson , Archery, p. 19. IMG:content-3139.png:[blocks in formation] (b) To turn back or away, as from an undertaking or a belief; give way; recede. Now the just shall live by faith; but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. Heb. x. 38. To draw by, to go or pa by; come to an end. The foolish neighbours come and go, And tease her till the day draws by . Tennyson, In Memoriam, lx. To draw in, to shorten: as, the days draw in now. As the days were drawing in, as old ladies say, it was advisable to make the utmost use of the daylight. Mrs. Chas. Meredith , My Home in Tasmania. To draw near or nigh, to approach closely; come near. They draw near unto the gates of death. Ps. cvii. 18. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Jas. iv. 8. To draw off. ( a ) To retire; retreat: as, the company drew off by degrees. Montpensier, finding no prospect of relief from home, and straitened by the want of provisions, determined to draw off from the neighbourhood of Ben even to. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 2. -7. The action of the rollers on the fiber in a drawing-frame.-8. The gain or advance of a mule-carriage in drawing out the yarn.-9. Among sportsmen, the act of forcing a fox from his cover, a badger from his hole, etc.; the place where a fox is drawn.-10. Something designed to draw a person out, to make him reveal his intentions or what he desires to conceal or keep back; a feeler. [Slang.] This was what in modern days is called a draw . It was a gue put boldly forth as fact, to elicit by the young man's answer whether he had been there lately or not. C. Reade, Cloister and Hearth, v. drawable (dra'a-bl), a . [ -able .] Capable of being drawn. drawback (dra'bak), n. 1. Any lo of advantage or impairment of profit, value, succe , or satisfaction; a discouragement or hindrance; a disadvantage. The avarice of Henry VII. must be deemed a draw back from the wisdom ascribed to him. Hallam . IMG:content-3140.png:[blocks in formation] from all foolish trust in others. and paid duty on, as, for instance, tobacco, or a certain amount of excise paid back or allowed on the exportation of home manufactures. IMG:content-3141.png:[blocks in formation] (b) [ On, prep.] (1) To gain on, approach in pursuit: as, the ship drew on the flying frigate. (2) Of a dog, to move cautiously upon (the scented game). The Wilson's snipe gives forth a strong game effluvium, and it is no uncommon circumstance for a careful dog to draw upon one at a distance of... sixty feet. E. J. Lewis, The American Sportsman (1885), p. 252. To draw out, to move out or away, as from a station: absolutely, or followed by of or from : as, the army drew out of the defile slowly; the ship drew out from her IMG:content-3142.png:[blocks in formation] Ritson, Scottish Songs, I. 153. O cou'dna ye gotten dukes, or lords, Intill your ain countrie, That ye drew up wi ' an English dog, To bring this shame on me? Lady Maisry (Child's Ballads, II. 82). draw (dra), n. [ draw , v.] 1. The act of drawing. Specifically-(a) In card - playing , the act of taking a card or cards from the pack or from another hand; the right or privilege of doing so: as, it is my draw next. (b) In billiards , the act of making the cue-ball recoil from an object-ball after impact, either straight back or slightly slanting, by a quick low stroke and immediate withdrawal of the cue. Sir John . Honour's a Commodity not vendable among the Merchants; there is no Drawback upon 't. Fain . That's a Mistake, Sir John; I have known a Statesman pawn his Honour as often as Merchants enter the same Commodity for Exportation; and like them, draw it back so cleverly, that those who give him Credit upon 't, never perceiv'd it till the Great Man was out of Post. Mrs. Cent livre, Artifice, i. The Irish were allowed to import foreign hops, and to receive a drawback on the duty on British hops. Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., xvii. 3. In iron - founding, a loose piece in a mold. In bra -founding such a piece is called a false core.