Definition of awing

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Awing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aw.

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Hard :: Hard (superl.) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
Team :: Team (n.) Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like..
Diversion :: Diversion (n.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts..
Table :: Table (n.) Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced..
Leg :: Leg (n.) A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing..
Obduction :: Obduction (n.) The act of drawing or laying over, as a covering..
Chalk :: Chalk (n.) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon..
Corrugate :: Corrugate (v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead..
Sweep :: Sweep (n.) A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water..
Mount :: Mount (v.) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or the like is mounted; a mounting..
Suck :: Suck (n.) The act of drawing with the mouth.
Gather :: Gather (n.) A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker..
Wiredraw :: Wiredraw (v. t.) To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel..
Transfer :: Transfer (n.) A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts..
Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it..
Candlefish :: Candlefish (n.) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it.
Sawhorse :: Sawhorse (n.) A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck..
Free-hand :: Free-hand (a.) Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. See under Drawing..
Thawing :: Thawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tha.
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