drawgate (drag at)

The valve of a sluice. draw-gear (drager), n. 1. A harne adapted for draft-horses.-2. The apparatus or parts parts by which railway-carriages are coupled together, etc. [Eng.] draw glove (dra'gluv), An old game that consisted in representing words by the fingers: lin representing also used in the plural. Pu and her prentice both at draw - gloves play. Herrick, Hesperides, p. 306. IMG:content-3144.png:[blocks in formation] 1763 from left to right at an angle of 45°, and all rays of light are considered to be parallel. In drawing, correctly drawn; symmetrical; in proportion: applied to a work of art or to a natural object, etc. - Linear or line drawing, a drawing executed strictly in lines or with a point. Monochrome drawing, a drawing executed in one color only. Out of drawing, incorrectly drawn; out of proportion; inharmonious. Compare in drawing.- Wash ing in the shades in flat washes, with merely the outlines and chief details put in in line'; or the method, etc., of producing such a representation. This method is much used for architectural drawings, drawings of machines, industrial designs, etc.; and it is also largely practised in drawing on the block for engravers. drawing-awl (dra'ing-al), n. A leather-work drawl it is generally white, and for chalk drawings tinted. It is usually made of linen stock. There are fourteen regular sizes, generally of about the following dimensions: cap, 13 × 16 inches; demy, 15 × 184; medium, 18 × 22; royal, 19 × 24; super royal, 19 × 27; imperial, 214 × 29; elephant, 224x27; columbier, 23 × 334; atlas, 26 × 33; theorem, 28 × 34; double elephant, 26 × 40; antiquarian, 31 × 52; emperor, 40×60; and Uncle Sam, 48 x 120. A pen used in drawing-pen (dra'ing-pen), n . drawing lines. It generally consists of two adjustable steel blades between which the ink is held, the thickne of the line depending upon the adjustment of the distance between the blades. - Double drawing-pen, a drawing-. pen which makes two lines at the same time. through in sewing. drawing-bench (dra'ing-bench), n. 1. An apparatus, paratu invented for use in mints, in which strips of metal are brought to an exact thick ne and width by being drawn through a gaged opening made by two cylinders at the required distance apart and prevented from rotating.2. A bench or horse used in working with the coopers' drawing-knife. drawing-block (dra'ing-blok), n. In wire - draw ing, a drum or cylinder to which one end of the wire is attached, d, and which by its motion draws e entially of ns board or desk; a thumb-tack. drawing-point (dra'ing-point), n. A steel instrument used in drawing straight lines on metallic plates; a metal-scriber. drawing-pre (dra'ing-pres), n. A machine for forming hollow sheet-metal ware. It consists operatial by two dies, placed one above the other and is in two parts, an exterior and an interior. A piece of sheet-metal having been placed between the dies, power is applied, and the two dies come together, first cutting the metal into the required shape, then holding it firmly by the edges while the interior parts of the dies pre together, bending and stretching the metal into shape. The machine makes pans, plates, dishes, covers, etc., complete drawing-rolls (dra'ing-rolz), n. pl. In spinning-machinery, rolls set in pairs, each turning more rapidly than the preceding pair, through which the sliver pa es in succe ion in See stamping -pre . the wire through the drawing-plate, and at the same time coils it. and is thus extended or "drawn." When they conceived a subject, they made a variety of sketches; then a finished drawing of the whole; after that a more correct drawing of every separate part-heads, hands, feet, and pieces of drapery; they then painted the picture, and after all retouched it from the life. Sir J. Reynolds, Discourses, i. in the blank spaces. or pencil attached to it, or forming part of it. See cut under bow - pen .