Definition of draw

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Draw (v. t.) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize..

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Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive..
Suctoria :: Suction (v. t.) The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air..
Acceptance :: Acceptance (n.) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance..
Retreat :: Retreat (v. i.) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field..
Atlas :: Atlas (n.) A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n..
Sepic :: Sepic (a.) Of or pertaining to sepia; done in sepia; as, a sepic drawing..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow..
Disentrail :: Disentrail (v. t.) To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails..
Retract :: Retract (v. i.) To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
Bureau :: Bureau (n.) Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers..
Drawee :: Drawee (n.) The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer.
Suck :: Suck (v. i.) To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking..
Detract :: Detract (v. t.) To take away; to withdraw.
Attractive :: Attractive (a.) Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies..
Country :: Country (adv.) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.
Hypothesis :: Hypothesis (n.) A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer..
Redraft :: Redraft (v. t.) To draft or draw anew.
Perkinism :: Perkinism (n.) A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part; tractoration, -- first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins of Norwich, Conn. See Metallotherapy..
Coagulation :: Coagulation (n.) The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification..
Avoid :: Avoid (a.) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from.
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