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A fine variety of slate, used for the manufacture of slate-pencils, . It is fine grained and compact, and contains a large amount of carbonaceous ingredients. It is also called Black-chalk. draw'-Ing-room, s . [A contraction for withdraw ing -room, i. e., the room to which company withdraw from the dining-room.] 1. A room in a house reserved for the reception of company. "What you heard of the words spoken of you in the drawing-room was not true: the sayings of princes are generally as ill related as the sayings of wits."- Pope . 2. A formal reception by a queen, or person of high rank. "The Queen's drawing - room was, on that day, deserted." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xvii. 3. The company a embled in a reception-room. "He would amaze a drawing - room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer."-Johnson. 4. The room in an architect's or engineer's office, where drawings, plans, ., are prepared. drawl, v. t. & i. [A frequent. formation from draw (q. v.); cf. Dut. dralen =to loiter, to linger; Icel. dralla.]' IMG:content-0502.png:[blocks in formation] "Thus, sir, does she constantly drawl out her time, without either profit or satisfaction."- Idler , No. 15. 2. To utter in a slow, drawling tone. B. Intransitive: 1. To speak slowly and drawlingly; to prose. "Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk, The tedious rector drawling o'er his head." Cowper: Task , 1. 94, 95. 2. To be slow in action; to dawdle. ( Scotch .) drawl, s . [DRAWL, v .] A slow, lengthened manner of speaking. "This, while it added to intelligibility, would take from psalmody its tedious drawl , and certainly leave it sufficient gravity."-Mason: On Church Music, p. 223. drawl-Ing, pr . par ., a. & 8. [DRAWL, v .] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. Ord . Lang .: The act or habit of speaking with a drawl. 2. Bot .: (1) Eleocharis cæspitosa, (2) a species of Eriophorum. ( Britten & Holland .) 97 IMG:content-0503.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Pulled, dragged, hauled, extended. *2. With a sword drawn. "What, art thou drawn amongst those heartle hinds?" Shakesp.: Tempest, ii. 1. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; dread 3. Delineated, sketched, depicted. 4. Composed, written, compiled. "A short paper drawn up by Burnet was produced." Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. ix. 5. Pulled or put to one side. "A curtain drawn presented to our view A town besieged. Dryden: Tyrannio Love, i. 1. 6. Eviscerated; as, a drawn fowl. 7. Undecided; as, a drawn game or match. "If we make a drawn game of it heart must tremble." -Add is on. IMG:content-0504.png:[blocks in formation] drāy (2), s . [A. S. dræge=a drawing, found in dræge - net -draw-net; cogn, with Sw. drog =a dray. It is literally that which is dragged or drawn along.] 1. Vehic .: A low cart of an ancient type. shafts are prolonged to form the rails, and the load is rolled upon the rear of the inclined bed. "When drays bound high, then never cro behind Where bubbling yest is blown by gusts of wind." IMG:content-0505.png:[blocks in formation]