Definition of draw

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Draw (v. t.) To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture..

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Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..
Outdraw :: Outdraw (v. t.) To draw out; to extract.
Introduce :: Introduce (v. t.) To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
Portfolio :: Portfolio (n.) A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc..
Teat :: Teat (n.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.
Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore..
Cot :: Cot (n.) A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger..
Store :: Store (v. t.) That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of drawing or pullin.
Crib :: Crib (v. i.) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.
Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Shrink :: Shrink (v. t.) To draw back; to withdraw.
Elutriate :: Elutriate (v. t.) To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing..
Abalienate :: Abalienate (v. t.) To estrange; to withdraw.
Bead :: Bead (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim)..
Ladle :: Ladle (v. t.) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
Filature :: Filature (n.) A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons..
Sweep :: Sweep (v. i.) To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room..
Afterings :: Afterings (n. pl.) The last milk drawn in milking; strokings.
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