Draw

draw, v.t. to pull along: to bring forcibly towards one: to entice, attract: to coax into giving information: to make one expre himself (also to Draw out a man ): to inhale: to take out: to evoke or bring out by some artifice: to extract by pulling: to cast lots: to extract the e ence of: to eviscerate (hang, draw , and quarter): to manufacture (wire) by drawing through a small hole: to deduce: to lengthen: to extend to the full length (as in drawing a bow): to force to appear (as a badger from its hole): to receive (as revenues): to demand money by a draft: to make a picture of, by lines drawn: to describe: to require a depth of water for floating.— v.i. to pull: to practise drawing: to move: to approach: to have a free current (of a chimney):— pa.t. drew (drōō); pa.p. drawn.— n. the act of drawing: anything drawn: a drawn or undecided game.— adj. Draw′able .— ns. Draw′back , a disadvantage: a receiving back some part of the duty on goods on their exportation; Draw′-bar (same as Drag-bar ); Draw′-boy , the boy who pulls the cords of the harne in figure-weaving, a mechanical device for this purpose; Draw′bridge , a bridge that can be drawn up or let down at pleasure; Drawēē′ , the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn; Draw′er , he or that which draws: one who draws beer or fetches liquor in a tavern: a thing drawn out, like the sliding box in a case: ( pl. ) a close under-garment for the lower limbs; Draw′-gear , the apparatus by which railway-cars are coupled; Draw′ing , the art of representing objects by lines drawn, shading, .: a picture: the distribution of prizes, as at a lottery; Draw′ing-board ; Draw′ing-frame , a machine in which carded wool, cotton, or the like is drawn out fine; Draw′ing-knife , a knife with a handle at each end, used by coopers for shaving hoops by drawing it towards one; Draw′ing-mas′ter ; Draw′ing-pā′per ; Draw′ing-pen ; Draw′ing-pen′cil ; Draw′ing-room , in engineering, a room where plans and patterns are drawn; Draw′ing-tā′ble , a table which can be extended in length by drawing out sliding leaves; Draw′-net (same as Drag-net ); Draw′-plate , a plate of steel or ruby with a hole drilled in it through which wire, tubing, or the like is drawn to make it more slender; Draw′-well , a well from which water is drawn up by a bucket and apparatus.— Draw a bead on (see Bead ); Draw a blank (see Blank ); Draw a cover , to send the hounds into a cover to frighten out a fox; Draw blank , to do so, but find no fox; Draw back , to retire: to withdraw from an engagement; Draw cuts , to cast lots; Draw in , to reduce, contract: to become shorter; Draw it fine , to be too precise; Draw it mild , to state a thing without exaggeration; Draw near , to approach; Draw off , to take wine, ale, . out of a barrel: to retire; Draw on , to approach (of a fixed date); Draw on one's imagination , to make imaginative or lying statements; Draw on one's memory , to try to remember; Draw out , to leave the place (of an army), .; Draw over , to persuade to desert to the other side; Draw rein , to slacken speed, to stop; Draw the line , to fix a limit; Draw up , to form in regular order: to arrange or to be arranged (as troops): to compose (as a protest, .): to stop (as in driving a carriage).— In drawing , correctly drawn; Out of drawing , inaccurately drawn, or drawn in violation of the principles of drawing. [A later form of Drag .]