Definition of draw

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Draw (v. i.) To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well..

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Slicker :: Slicker (n.) A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern.
Centrolineal :: Centrolineal (a.) Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.
Helicograph :: Helicograph (n.) An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
Aquatinta :: Aquatinta (n.) A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method..
Detract :: Detract (v. t.) To take away; to withdraw.
Drawled :: Drawled (imp. & p. p.) of Draw.
Frap :: Frap (v. t.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together..
Crane :: Crane (n.) A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask..
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..
Drawing :: Drawing (n.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning..
Suckle :: Sucking (a.) Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf..
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun..
Drawl :: Drawl (v. i.) To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc..
Scale :: Scale (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale..
Tern :: Tern (a.) That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves..
Bureau :: Bureau (n.) Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers..
Suck :: Suck (n.) The act of drawing with the mouth.
Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water; to drag or draw off as by the tide; -- often with away, off, out, etc.; as, to wash dirt from the hands..
Distract :: Distract (v. t.) To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention..
Papyrograph :: Papyrograph (n.) An apparatus for multiplying writings, drawings, etc., in which a paper stencil, formed by writing or drawing with corrosive ink, is used. The word is also used of other means of multiplying copies of writings, drawings, etc. See Copygraph, Hectograph, Manifold..
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