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Protraction :: Protraction (n.) The act or process of making a plot on paper.

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot..

Diagraph :: Diagraph (n.) A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale..

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.

Protracted :: Protracted (a.) Prolonged; continued.

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war..

Continue :: Continue (v. t.) To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.

Protract :: Protract (n.) Tedious continuance or delay.

Continued :: Continued (p. p. & a.) Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story..

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate..

Prolix :: Prolix (a.) Indulging in protracted discourse; tedious; wearisome; -- applied to a speaker or writer.

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A plot on paper.

Prolongation :: Prolongation (n.) The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness..

Yowl :: Yowl (n.) A loud, protracted, and mournful cry, as that of a dog; a howl..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire..

Protracting :: Protracting (p. pr. vb. n.) of Protrac.

Tickle :: Tickle (v. t.) To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted..

Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An adjustable pattern used by tailors.

Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..

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