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[Eng. draw; -able.] That may or can be drawn. "By a magic might Drawable here and there." More: Song of the Soul. draw-back, s. [Eng. draw , and back .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit .: In the same sense as II. 2. Fig .: A cause of lo of profit or advantage; a disadvantage, an inconvenience, an obstacle. "I am not insensible that third nights are disagreeable drawbacks upon the annual profits of the stage." Gold smith: Polite Learning , ch. xii. II. Comm.: An amount of money paid back or allowed: specifically, a certain amount of customs or duties refunded or remitted to an exporter of goods which have been previously imported, and on which duty has been paid; a certain allowance of excise duty on the exportation of goods of home manufacture. "In poundage and drawbacks I lose half my rent." Swift . Drâw-căn-sir, s. & a. [See definition.] A. As substantive: 1. The name of a braggart character in the comedy of The Rehearsal , written by George Villiers, Duk of Bucking ham, in 1663. He is represented as a burlesque character of extraordinary valor and fighting powers, of which he ince antly boasts. IMG:content-0498.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0499.png:[graphic] 1. Literally : (1) One who draws or pulls; as, one who draws water from a well. *(2) One who draws liquor from a cask, .; a waiter, a barman. "I am a gentleman; thou art a drawer."-Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . II ., ii. 4. (3) In the same sense as II. (4) A sliding box or case in a table, desk. ., which can be drawn out or pushed in at pleasure. "He 'gan in haste the drawers explore." Cowper: The Retired Cat. (5) (Pl.): An undergarment of wool or cotton worn by both sexes on the legs and lower parts of the body. "The Maltese harden the bodies of their children by making them go stark naked, without shirt or drawers , till they are ten years old."-Locke. *2. Fig .: That which has the power or quality of attracting. "Love is a flame, and therefore we say beauty is attractive, because physicians observe that fire is a great drawer." -Swift . II. Comm.: One who draws a bill or order for the payment of a certain sum of money on another. (1) Drawers of cloth , drawars of claithe : Persons who pulled or stretched cloth so that it should measure more than in reality it ought. "It is statute anent is drawaris of claithe and lit star is of fals colour is, that gif ony drawaris of claithe be is apprehend it, that ane half of the said is gudis to be our souerane lord is eschete, and the tother half to the burg he." -Acts James V. (1540) (ed. 1814), p. 376. (2) Chest of drawers : A movable wooden frame, containing a number of drawers one above the other. drawer-lock, s. A form of inside or mortise lock which projects its bolt upwardly into the strip above. draw'-Ing, *draw-yng, pr. par., adj. & sub. [DRAW, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. The act of pulling, dragging, or hauling by force. "Without the drawing forth of his sword."-Holinshed Henry II . (an. 1171.) 2. The act or art of delineating or representing figures, ., on a flat surface by means of lines drawn with a pencil, crayon, pen, . The making or copying of plans, and views of buildings, machinery, and other structures. It is divisible into Geometrical or Linear, and Mechanical drawing, in which instruments are used, and Free-hand drawing. 3. A picture, a sketch, a representation. "Masterly rough drawings which are kept within."Shaftesbury: Advice to an Author , pt. i., § 3. 4. The act of distributing prizes in a lottery by lots drawn; the selection of certain numbers by drawing them out of a box or wheel. 5. The amount of money taken in any establishment for goods sold; takings, receipts. (Generally in the plural.) II. Technically : 1. Metal .: The operation of hammering, rolling, or drawing through a die, by which a bar or rod of metal or a wire is extended in length to form a rod, tube, or plate. 2. Founding : Said of a pattern whose shape is such that it may be withdrawn from the sand without breaking the molded form. [DRAUGHT, S., A. II.3.] 3. Spinning: The gaining of the mule-carriage; its progre after the feed is stopped draws out the yarn. marine; gō, pět, IMG:content-0500.png:[blocks in formation] Leather: A leather-worker's awl, having a hole near the point in which the thread is inserted and pushed through in sewing, .