draw

▪ I. draw, v.
    (drɔː)
    Pa. tense drew (druː); pa. pple. drawn (drɔːn). Forms: see below.
    [A Common Teut. strong vb. of 6th ablaut series: OE. draᵹan, dróᵹ (dróh), draᵹen = OS. dragan, OHG. tragen, ON. draga, Goth. (ga)dragan: only in OE. and ON. with the sense ‘draw, pull’; in the other langs. with that of ‘carry, bear’.
    On account of the phonetic development of original g in English, the modern conjugation deviates much from the normal type (as in shake, shook, shaken); the g of the present stem having passed through the labialized guttural spirant (ɣw), to (w), draᵹ-, draȝ-, drauȝ-, drawȝ-, drawh-, draw-. The same happened in ME. in the pa. t, where dróᵹ, dróh, became droȝ, drouȝ, drowȝ, drowh, drough, drow; but this was supplanted in 14–15th c. by drew, app. by assimilation to the originally reduplicated verbs of the series blow, blew, blown, and prob. first in the northern dialect, where these verbs retained their original -áw (blaw, blew, blawen; so draw, drew, drawen). (Through the modern pronunciation of ew, after r, as (uː), drew is now pronounced as the historical drough would have been, if it had survived.) In OE. the 2nd and 3rd sing. pres. Ind. had umlaut, dræᵹst, dræhst, dræᵹþ. This was probably the origin of the by-form dray- of the present stem: see A. 1 β. (A weak pa. tense and pple. drawed is occasional from 16th c., and freq. in illiterate speech.)]
    A. Inflexional Forms.
    1. pres. stem. α. 1 draᵹ-, 2–4 draȝ, (drach-), 3 draȝh-, drah-, 3–5 drauȝ-, 4–5 drauh-, dragh-, 5 drawȝ-, (4–6 drau-), 3– draw-.

c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. lvi. (1871) 431 Hit mon dræᵹþ. a 1000 Guthlac 699 (Gr.) Ongon..draᵹan. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 29 And swo draȝen hem to hire. Ibid. 149 Louerd drah me after þe. Ibid. 258 Louerd drauȝ us neor þe. c 1200 Ormin 15394 To draȝhenn hemm till hellegrund. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 1991 Þe oþre walden drahen hit. c 1275 Lay. 1338 Seyles [to] drawe to toppe. a 1300 Cursor M. 21264 (Cott.) Four ar þai..þat draues [v. rr. draghis, draus, drawe] þe wain. c 1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1031 Þere he draȝez hym on-dryȝe. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. iii. 190 Oure cart shal he drawe. 1540 Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden) 3 To draue the clothe. 1552 Huloet, Draw as a paynter doth.

    (β) 3 dreih-, drei-, drey-, drai-, 5–6 dray-.

a 1225 Juliana 30 Elewsius..het..dreihen [v.r. dreaien] hire into darc hus. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 2237 Gultelese, leaden And dreien to deaðe. c 1275 Pains of Hell 89 in O.E. Misc. 149 And dreyeþ heom in-to a wel. c 1460 Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 49 When his tyme begynnys to day, I rede no man fro hym dray. 1523 Fitzherb. Surv. ix. (1539) 13 To dray any water like a pompe.

    2. pa. tense. α1 dróᵹ, dróh, 2–4 droȝ, droȝh, droh (3 drohh), 3–4 drou, 3–5 drow, 4–5 drogh, drouȝ, drowȝ, drowgh, drowh, drough (droch, droow, dro).

c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. John xxi. 11 Simon Petrus..droᵹ þæt nett on eorðe. c 1200 Ormin 8704 Horrs off fir itt droȝhenn. Ibid. 11907 He drohh þær forþ þe bokess lare. Ibid. 14675 Abraham..droh hiss swerd. a 1225 Ancr. R. 110 Vor hore uorlorennesse þet drowen him to deaðe. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3909 Ðis water him on-sunder droȝ. c 1275 Lay. 16058 Þou drohe to þe vncouþe leode. a 1300 Cursor M. 4387 (Cott.) Sco drou [v.r. droghe] his mantel. Ibid. 24056 (Edin.) Þat þi son þar droch in place. 1382 Wyclif Jer. xxxi. 3 Y rewende droȝ thee. a 1400 Prymer (1891) 106 He that droow me out of the wombe. c 1400 Destr. Troy 5290 And dro hym fro dethe. Ibid. 6207 Two dromondarys drowe hit. c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. lviii. (1869) 171, I..drowh my bordoun to me. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. vi. 12 Wolues..al to drow hym. c 1500 Mery Jest Mylner Abyngton 239 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 109 At that worde the clarke loughe, And by the voice to her he drough.

    ¶In the following either a scribal error for droᵹe, or confused with pa. tense of dree v.

a 1400–50 Alexander 3629 Cursoures þaim dreȝe. Ibid. 5554 Þai dreȝe him vp to þe drye.

    (β) 4– drew (4 Sc. drewch, 5 drw, 5–6 drewe, dreue, drue).

c 1320 Sir Tristr. 1299 Riche sail þai drewe. c 1400 Beryn 170 Þey drowȝ to dynerward, as it drew to noon. c 1489 Caxton Blanchardyn v. 23 The wounde that drue hym toward to dethe. 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. 352 Than the barons dreue towarde London. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 24 They drewe together. Ibid. 155 He drue more and more of his people into the Citie. 1594 Shakes. Rich. III, i. iii. 176 And with thy scornes drew'st Riuers from his eyes.

    (γ) drawed.

1619 N. Brent tr. Sarpi's Hist. Counc. Trent (1676) 134 There was no..abuse which drawed not after it [etc.]. 1767 Ann. Reg. X. Characters 204/1 [He] wire-drawed the books of Moses into a complete system of natural philosophy.

    3. pa. pple. 1 draᵹen, 2–3 draȝen, 4–5 draghen, drauen (4 drauhen, dragh(e, 4–6 draun(e, drawen (4–5 -in, -yn, ydrawe, drawe, draw), 6– ydrawne, 6–7 drawne, 7– drawn.

1127 O.E. Chron., Eall þæt þa beon draᵹen. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 13 Ðis song is draȝen on Engleis speche. a 1300 Cursor M. 20061 (Edin.) In oþir inglis was it drawin [v. rr. draun, drawen]. 13.. Guy Warw. (A.) 4499 Toward Inglond is Gij y-drawe. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 183 Drauhen ouer þe gate. a 1340 Hampole Psalter xix. 8 Þai ere draghen aboute. c 1374 Chaucer Anel. & Arc. 70 The noble folke were to the toune ydrawe. c 1450 tr. De Imitatione ii. ix. 50 To be drawe oute of himself. c 1550 Lucrece & Euryalus, Envoy, Thys boke in Englysh drawe was. 1581 Hollyband Campo di Fior 273 It shalbe drawen with horses. 1646 P. Bulkeley Gospel Covt. i. 110 They had drawn their curtains.

    (β) 3 dreien, 4 drayn, drain, 5 dreyn.

c 1320 Sir Tristr. 1575 Wiþ his swerd al drain. a 1440 Sir Degrev. 665 When the lordys were drawin [rimes leyn, aȝeyne].

    (γ) weak forms.

c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 6828 Thai were abrod y-dreyght. 1580 T. Wilson Logike 58 b, Now, that we have drawed [ed. 1567 drawen] these wordes..so farre.

    B. Signification.
    General scheme of arrangement:—
    I. Of traction (*Generally. **In specific applications. ***With specific objects. ****In transferred and figurative applications). II. Of attraction, drawing in or together. III. Of extraction, withdrawal, removal (*With that which is taken as the object. **With that from which the contents are taken as the object). IV. Of tension, extension, protraction. V. Of delineation or construction by drawing (*To draw a line, figure, formal document, comparison. **To draw a bill or demand note). VI. refl. and intr. Of motion, moving oneself. VII. In combination with adverbs (e.g. draw out).
    I. Of simple traction.
    * In the general sense. (The most general word for this; other words, partly synonymous, as drag, haul, trail, tug, imply drawing in a particular manner or with special force.)
    1. a. trans. To cause (anything) to move toward oneself by the application of force; to pull.

c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. John xxi. 11 Astaᵹ Simon Petrus and droᵹ þæt nett on eorðe. c 1200 Ormin 15394 To draȝhenn hemm till hellegrund. c 1400 Sowdone Bab. 2566 The Babyloynes of his hors him drowe. 1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 140 By drawing threads out of the leaves. 1669 Sturmy Mariner's Mag. i. 93 Draw your Sight-Vane a little lower down. 1697 W. Dampier Voy. I. vii. 165 Canoas..will not last long, especially if not drawn ashore often and tarred. Ibid. xiv. 380 It comes off by only drawing the Cane thro your hand. 1700 S. L. tr. Fryke's Voy. E. Ind. 16 A Shark came up to him, and drew him under Water. 1709 Addison Tatler No. 163 ¶1 He drew a Paper of Verses out of his Pocket. 1786 F. Burney Diary 21 May, I..drew my hat over my face. 1847 A. M. Gilliam Trav. Mexico 255 The buckle of my belt was never disturbed, except to draw it tighter, when I was pinched with hunger. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirl. III. 95 Drawing her father aside for an instant. 1879 Dowden Southey iii. 71 To draw the pen across six hundred lines.

    b. absol.

c 1305 St. Lucy 105 in E.E.P. (1862) 104 Hi schoue and droȝe al þat hi miȝte. 1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 131 The Rope of its own accord doth pull or draw very hard..two such Ropes draw as much as a Man's Strength.

    c. refl. (with adverbial or other complement). (See also draw up, 89 b.)

1885 G. Allen Babylon i, Mrs. Winthrop drew herself together. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. I. vii. 141 Wilfrid..drew himself erect. 1893 Nat. Observer 23 Dec. 138/1 Ermyntrude drew herself to her full stature.

    d. intr. for pass. To be drawn, or to admit of being drawn. spec. in Founding, etc. = deliver v.¹ 12.

1635 Quarles Emblems i. iv. 17 Thy Balance will not draw; thy Balance will not downe. 1697 W. Dampier Voy. I. ii. 17 The Line in drawing after him chanc'd to kink, or grow entangled. 1703 Moxon Mech. Exerc. 179 That the String may draw tight upon the Work. 1886 Mrs. Randolph Mostly Fools I. x. 299 The rope drew taut and parted in the middle.

    2. a. To pull (anything) after one; to move (a thing) along by traction. Specifically used of a beast of draught pulling a vehicle, a plough, etc.

c 1200 [see A. 2 α]. a 1300 Cursor M. 11654 (Gött.) A waine..þat drauen was wid oxen tuin. 1503 Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 18 Haling or drawing any such Trow, Boat, or Vessel. 1593 T. Watson Tears Fancie iv. (Arb.) 180 In her Coach ydrawne with siluer Doues. 1648 Gage West Ind. xii. 54 They..drew after them stones, earth, timber. 1700 S. L. tr. Fryke's Voy. E. Ind. 263 We drew their Vessel along after us. 1889 I. Taylor Orig. Aryans 180 The Egyptians and the Hittites possessed war chariots drawn by horses. Mod. A locomotive drawing a long train of wagons.

    b. absol. or intr. esp. of beasts of draught; also fig. in phr. to draw together, or draw in one line = to ‘pull together’, agree (obs.); also to draw with = to be in like case with (quot. 1604).

1526 Tindale Phil. ii. 2 That ye drawe one waye..being of one accorde. 1538 Bale Brefe Comedy in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 215 Drawe only after his lyne. 1546 J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 65 We drew both in one line. 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. V, 65 b, An Antlop drawyng in an horse mill. 1604 Shakes. Oth. iv. i. 68 Thinke euery bearded fellow that's but yoak'd May draw with you. 1686 Lond. Gaz. No. 2147/4 These three [horses] have all drawn. 1775 Sheridan Rivals i. i, Does she draw kindly with the Captain? 1844 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. V. i. 171 The horses draw abreast.

    c. intr. for pass.

1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 141 He..puts on a white shirt that drawes on the ground, like persons doing penance with us. 1892 Field 19 Mar. 415/2 The Irish outside cars..draw lighter than an ordinary English cart.

    3. transf. a. With the load as object: To convey or carry in a vehicle; to cart; to haul.

c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 39/185 Huy drowen þat bodi so mildeliche. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 275 To drawe afeld my donge. 1592 Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 153 Two strengthless doves will draw me through the sky. 1790 Cowper My Mother's Picture 49 Where the gardener Robin..Drew me to school..Delighted with my bauble coach. 1844 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. V. i. 282 The farmers generally draw the hay and coals for the cottagers.

    b. With the beast as obj.: To employ in drawing, use for draught. ? Only in pa. pple.

1679 Lond. Gaz. No. 1423/4 One brown bay Gelding..trots all, and hath been much drawn. 1721 Ibid. No. 5996/10 A grey Nag, used to be drawn.

    c. absol. Of hawks: see quot.

1486 Bk. St. Albans A ij, We shall say that hawkys doon draw when they bere tymbering to their nestes, and nott they beld, ne make ther nestes.

    ** In specific applications.
    4. To drag (a criminal) at a horse's tail, or on a hurdle or the like, to the place of execution; formerly a legal punishment of high treason.

c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 247 First was he drawen for his felonie, and as a þefe þan slawen, on galwes hanged hie. c 1400 Destr. Troy 1970 To be..drawen as a dog and to dethe broght. 1460 J. Capgrave Chron. (1858) 287 [Serle was] condempned to be drawe thorow oute the good townes of Ynglond, and aftir to be hangen and quartered at London. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxliii. (1482) 288 Juged to be leyd on an hurdel and than to be drawe thurgh the cyte of london to Tiborne. 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VII, 47 After the fassyon of treytours to be drawen, hanged and quartred. 1556 Chron. Gr. Friars (Camden) 18 Whane they ware drawne they had ther pardone all and their lyffes. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 191 Because he came of the bloud royall..he was not drawne, but was set upon an horse, and so brought to the place of execution, and there hanged. 1769 Blackstone Comm. (1830) IV. vi. 92 That the offender [in cases of high treason] be drawn to the gallows, and not be carried or walk. 1890 T. Cooper in Dict. Nat. Biog. XXI. 4/1 [Garnett] was sentenced to be drawn, hanged, disembowelled, and quartered.

    † 5. To pull or tear in pieces, asunder. Obs.

a 1300 Cursor M. 9060 (Gött.), I war worthi wid hors be drauin. c 1420 Sir Amadas (Weber) 173 He seyd, the howndes schuld the flesch drawe. c 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon iii. 96 Reynawde..made Hernyer to be bounde hys foure membres..to foure horses taylles, and soo he was drawnen all quyck, and quartered in foure peces. 1530 Palsgr. 349 They had rather suffre their lymmes to be drawen in peces. 1700 Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 902 He was condemned to be drawn asunder by Horses. 1700 Fryke's Voy. E. Ind. 276 To be drawn in pieces with Elephants.

    6. a. To contract, cause to shrink; to pull out of shape or out of place, to distort.

c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 99 Þe crampe..in þe which sijknes cordis and þe senewis weren drawen to her bigynnynge. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 1074 So þat þe synnes in his ham..was drawen samen. a 1691 Boyle Hist. Air (1692) 82 His mouth was so drawn awry, that 'twas hideous to behold. 1777 Sheridan Sch. Scand. ii. ii, She draws her mouth till it..resembles the aperture of a poor's-box. 1847 Tennyson Princ. vii. 114 With all their foreheads drawn in Roman scowls. 1870 Swinburne Ess. & Stud. (1875) 357 The face smiling, but drawn and fixed. 1892 Cassell's Fam. Mag. Apr. 279/1 Artificial teeth..are apt to draw the mouth.

    b. intr. for refl. To contract, shrink.

1530 Palsgr. 527 His skynne draweth togyther lyke burned lether. 1626 Bacon Sylva §34, I haue not yet found certainly, that the Water it selfe..will shrinke or draw into lesse Roome. 1893 Temple Bar Mag. XCVII. 157 Her dark brows draw together over her black eyes.

    † 7. trans. To bring together by sewing (edges of a rent, etc.); to mend (a rent); cf. also draw up, 89 c, and fine-draw. Obs.

1592 Greene Upst. Courtier in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 242 Haue they not a drawer..to drawe & seame up the holes so cunningly, that it shall neuer be espied? 1611 Cotgr., Rentraire..also, to draw, dearne, or sow vp a rent in a garment. Ibid., Rentraicture..also, a drawing of rent cloth; a dearning.

    *** With specific objects.
    8. a. trans. To pull up (a sail, a drawbridge), pull out (a bolt, an organ-stop), haul in (a net), etc.

c 1275 Lay. 1339 Brutus heþte handli cables, seyles drawe to toppe. c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. 1563 Hypsip., And drough his saylle and saugh hir neuer mo. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 326 The gate was shut and the bridge drawen. 1646 W. Jenkyn Remora 27 The bridge of mercy will ere long be drawn. 1869 W. Longman Hist. Edw. III, I. xvii. 318 He then drew the bolt, the door was opened. 1881 Scribner's Mag. XXI. 583/2 If we..draw all the so-called ‘stops’ [of a great organ]. 1893 Longm. Mag. June 120 The net is drawn.

    b. Weaving. To insert the threads of (the warp) into the heddles in the proper order.

1875 [see draught n. 44].

    9. To pull back the string of (a bow) in order to bend it so as to shoot; to bend (a bow). Also, to pull back (the arrow) on the string. Also absol.
    to draw the long bow: see bow¹ 4 c; also long-bow.

c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4379 Archers drowe. c 1440 Gesta Rom. i. 2 (Harl. MS.) Þe knyȝt sawe him begynne forto drawe his bowe. 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VII, 19 The Englishmen y{supt}..might eyther stand or drawe a bowe. 1594 Shakes. Rich. III, v. iii. 339 Draw Archers, draw your Arrowes to the head. 1611 Bible 1 Kings xxii. 34 A certaine man drew a bow at a venture. 1766–88 Gibbon Decl. & F. lvi, Exercised..to draw the bow. 1856 Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 173 He drew with ease as strong a bow as was borne by any yeoman of his guard.

    ¶ to draw a bead: to take aim with a gun or rifle: see bead n. 5 d.
    10. to draw bit, draw bridle, draw rein: to pull the reins in order to stop or check the horse; to stop, halt, ‘pull up’: also fig.

1664, 1782 [see bit n.1 8 d]. a 1690 Ld. Somerville Mem. Somervilles (1815) II. 349 He..never drew bridle untill he came the lenth of Leads. 1828 Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 55 Surrey..rode, without drawing bridle, to Berwick. 1840 Barham Ingol. Leg., Leech Folkestone, Scarcely drawing bit. 1850 Tait's Mag. XVII. 51/2 Karolus drew rein in the square.

    11. a. To pull (a curtain, veil, cloth, etc.) over something so as to cover or conceal it, or aside or off from it so as to disclose it. Also fig. (See also curtain n.¹ 1 b, veil n.)

c 1420 Sir Amadas (Weber) 74 Over his heyd he drw his hode. 1509 etc. [see curtain n.1 1 b]. 1631 Gouge God's Arrows i. xxv. 36 When the curtens were drawne, all the people might see it. 1632 Milton Penseroso 36 And sable stole of cyprus lawn, Over thy decent shoulders drawn. 1701 De Foe True-born Eng. i. 90 Satyr, be kind and draw a silent Veil. 1844 Dickens Mart. Chuz. xii, In a room with all the window-curtains drawn. 1861 Temple Bar Mag. I. 307 Let us draw a veil over this dismal spectacle. 1891 Longm. Mag. Dec. 167 The sun had gone down, but the blinds had not been drawn.

    b. intr. for refl. = passive.

1711 Steele Spect. No. 240 ¶3 Getting into one of the Side-boxes on the Stage before the Curtain drew. 1894 Cornh. Mag. July 38, I remember a carriage..with curtains that drew in front of it.

    12. to draw the cloth: to withdraw or remove the table-cloth after a meal; to ‘clear away’. (Now rare or arch.) † Also, in same sense, to draw the board or table (obs.).

c 1320 Sir Tristr. 706 Cloþ and bord was drain [rimes bayn, fayn, etc.]. 13.. Coer de L. 4623 Aftyr mete the cloth was drawe. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. ix. 289 Let hem abyde tyl þe bord be drawe. a 1791 Grose Olio (1796) 111 Come here, Wolley, and draw the table. 1823 Scott Quentin D. xx, When the tables were drawn. 18.. Thackeray Haggarty's Wife (1892) 489 When the cloth was drawn..he would retire to his own apartments. 1861 Temple Bar Mag. II. 307 The cloth had been drawn, as the reporters write of public dinners. 1892 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 192/2 People don't even ‘draw cloths’ any more.

    13. a. Of a ship or boat: To displace (so much depth of water); to sink to a specified depth in floating. [So F. tirer tant d'eau, seize pieds d'eau, etc. It is not clear what the original notion is here.]

1555 Eden Decades 7 The smauler vesselles which drewe no great depthe entered. 1590 Webbe Trav. (Arb.) 26 She drawes but xj foot water. 1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. xi. 54 The Ships that drawes most water are commonly the most wholsome. 1634–5 Brereton Trav. (1844) 5 Two feet more water than the ship drew. 1782 W. Gilpin Wye (1789) 59 Our barge drawing too much water to pass the shallows. 1826 Examiner 289/1 A boat drawing six inches water. 1892 Blackw. Mag. CLI. 321/2 Steamers for the Zambesi..should not draw over 18 inches.

fig. 1601 Marston Pasquil & Kath. i. 319 You may easily sound what depth of wits they draw.

absol. 1606 Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. iii. 277 Light Botes may saile swift, though greater bulkes draw deepe.

    † b. Of the sea or river. Obs.

1601 Holland Pliny I. 132 There be certaine trenches or channels in it that draw deepe water, wherein they may without danger saile.

    14. In Cricket, To divert (the ball) to the ‘on’ side of the wicket by a slight turn of the bat. In Golf, To drive (the ball) widely to the left hand. In Bowls, to cause (a bowl) to travel in a curve to a chosen spot on the green. Also intr. (with the bowl as subject).

1843 ‘A Wykhamist’ Pract. Hints Cricket 13 A leg-ball between these lines should be drawn or played under-leg. 1857 Chambers's Information II. 690 (Cricket) The proper balls to draw are those which are pitched somewhat short..and come up rather within the line of your leg-stump. Ibid. 696/2 (Golf) Draw, to drive wildly to the left. 1857 Hughes Tom Brown ii. viii. (1880) 352. 1868 [see shot n.1 11 b]. 1893 Illustr. Sporting & Dram. News 8 Apr. 156/3 Let him draw the ball or heel it, and the chances are he will drop into a lakelet. 1897 Encycl. Sport (1901) I. 126/1 Every bowl..is shaved down very carefully and evenly on one side..the effect being to cause the bowl..to incline and turn (or draw) towards the reduced side. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 329/1 In drawing..the object is to draw as near as possible to the jack. 1910 Ibid., III. 348/1 Should the jack be driven towards the side boundary, it is legitimate for a player to cause his bowl to draw outside of the dividing string. 1962 Bowls (‘Know the Game’ Series) 24 The drawing shot which finishes resting against the jack is sometimes called the ‘dead draw’. 1962 Times 25 Aug. 2/6 He drew shot brilliantly.

    15. Billiards. To cause (a ball) to recoil as if pulled back, after striking another ball.
    **** In transferred and figurative applications.
    16. trans. To cause to come, move, or go (from or to some place, position, or condition); to lead, bring, take, convey, put. Also fig. e.g. to draw into example, precedent, comparison, consequence, practice, allowance, etc. Obs. (exc. as associated with other senses). † to draw to death (also of (= from) life): to put to death (obs.).

c 1200 Ormin 10392 Ne nohht ne draȝhe icc upponn me To beon bridgume. a 1225 Juliana 4 Derfliche [he] droh ham to deaðe. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3806 And .iiii. score of liue draȝen. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 698 Lorde þy seruaunt draȝ neuer to dome. 1375 Barbour Bruce i. 628 He in bowrch hys landis drewch. c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶165 To drawen in-to memorie þe goode werkes. c 1450 Merlin 17 Than the Iuges drough hem apart, and cleped these other wemen. c 1489 Caxton Blanchardyn v. 23 The wounde that drue hym toward to dethe. c 1591 in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 78 Grosse practises..to drawe the wealth of the land into his treasurie. 1608 Hieron Defence iii. 73 Kneeling..was not drawne into allowance and practise in the Church. 1638 Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 90 Hee alters his intent, and drawes his forces against Rantas. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 22 He hastened to draw him from the seductions of the garden.

    † 17. To construct (a ditch, canal, wall, etc.) from one point to another; to ‘lead’. (L. ducere.) Obs.

c 1400 Destr. Troy 11160 With dykes so depe draghen a-boute. 1603 Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 89 A navigable ditch or cut, drawne out of the Nile. 1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 377 From this Lake they draw a Channell that sets certain Leather-Engines at worke. 1698 Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 37 From the first Point a Curtain is drawn with a Parapet. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. II. 26 A navigable canal has been drawn lately from Kiel..to the river Eyder.

    † 18. Cookery. To pass through a strainer; to bring to proper consistence (cf. draw up, 89 d). Obs.

c 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 16 Drauȝe hom thorowghe a streynour clene. c 1430 Two Cookery-bks. 13 Draw þe same brothe thorwe a straynoure. c 1440 Douce MS. 55 fol. 39 Draw it and do it in a pott. a 1550 in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. ix. x. 227 Drawe the pulpe of them thorough a strayner.

    † 19. To render into another language or style of writing; to translate. Obs.

c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 13 Ut of latin ðis song is draȝen on engleis speche. c 1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B.) 32 Intil englishe þus I draw hit. 1450–1530 Myrr. our Ladye 2 I haue drawen youre legende and all youre seruyce in to Englyshe. a 1547 Surrey (title) The fourth Boke of Virgill..translated into Englishe, and drawen into straunge metre. 1569 Fenton (title) A Discourse of Ciuile warres..in Fraunce, drawne into Englishe.

    † 20. To bear, endure, suffer, undergo. Obs. (App. confused with dree.)

a 1225 Juliana 49 Oþe pine ant te deð þat he droh for mon. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 1914 Teonen and tintreohen Þe alre meast derue Þat eni deadlich flesch Mahe drehen and drahen. a 1300 Cursor M. 16989 (Cott.) Þe pine he for me drou [Gött. dregh].

    † 21. fig. a. To adduce, bring forward, appeal to for confirmation (see also draw forth, 81 b). b. To assign, attribute. c. To turn aside to a purpose, pervert, wrest. Obs.

a 1300 Cursor M. 14651 (Cott.) Him drau i me to mi warand. 1578 Timme Caluine on Gen. 177 Paul draweth the same to all mortal men in all ages. a 1592 H. Smith Wks. (1866–7) I. 173 If we cannot draw it to one of these, then we think it fortune. 1628 Earle Microcosm., Lasciuious Man (Arb.) 95 Whatsoeuer you speak, he will draw to bawdry. 1704 Swift T. Tub Apol., Passages, which prejudiced or ignorant readers have drawn by great force to hint at ill meanings.

    † 22. Arith. To add (to, together); to subtract (out of); to multiply (into, in). Obs.

c 1425 Crafte of Nombrynge (E.E.T.S.) 9 Draw 2 out of 4, þan leues 2. Ibid. 18 Drav þat 1 to 6..& þat 1 & þat 6 togedur wel be 7. 1660 Barrow Euclid i. xxxv. Schol., Draw 3 into 4, there will be produced 12. 1709–29 V. Mandey Syst. Math., Arith. 13 Two Numbers given, to multiply one by the other, or to draw one into the other. 1811 Hutton Course Math. II. 291 The fluxion of..the continual product of four..quantities..consisting of the fluxion of each quantity, drawn into the products of the other three.

    II. Of attraction, drawing in or together.
    23. a. To take in (air, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe, inhale; to cause (a draught) to enter, e.g. into a chimney or bellows. See also draw in, 82 c.

13.. Coer de L. 1780 Unnethe he might draw his blast. 1375 Barbour Bruce iv. 199 He na mocht His aynd bot with gret panys draw. 1481 Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 17 He drough his breth lyke as one sholde haue deyde. 1544 T. Phaer Regim. Life (1553) D viij b, Great heate in the brest..is quenched in drawing colde ayre. 1637 Milton Lycidas 126 [Sheep] Swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly. 1659 D. Pell Impr. Sea 271 The Male⁓stream-well..of Norway..draws water into it during the flood..with such an avarous indraught. 1732 Berkeley Alciphr. i. §3 Alciphron..stopped to draw breath and recover himself. 1810 Scott Lady of L. i. xxii, I ne'er before..Have ever drawn your mountain air. 1862 Temple Bar Mag. VI. 223 Mellish drew a deep breath.

    b. absol. To take a draught (of liquor).

1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 348 They had their cup-quarrels, striving who should draw deepest.

    24. absol. or intr. To produce or admit of a draught or current of air; said of a chimney, also of a tobacco-pipe or cigar.

1758 A. Reid tr. Macquer's Chym. i. 269 Some chimney that draws well. 1833 Marryat P. Simple xxxvii, The fire does not draw well. 1883 Cambridge Staircase 100 His pipe requiring to be prodded to make it draw.

    25. To attract by physical force, as a magnet; to contract, become covered or affected with (rust, heat, etc.: also fig.).

a 1225 Ancr. R. 160 Vor ne beo neuer so briht gold..ne stel, þet hit ne schal drawen rust of on þet is irusted. c 1315 Shoreham 70 So drawyth hy affinite Wyth alle thyne sibbe. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 199 Bete þe lyme..til þou drawe blood þerto. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) iv. xxxiv. 83 Bras draweth soone ruste. a 1533 Ld. Berners Huon cix. 371 The Adamant drew so sore the Iron. 1563 W. Fulke Meteors (1640) 70 b, Jeat and Amber draw hayres, chaffe, and like light matter, but being before chafed. 1669 Sturmy Mariner's Mag. iv. 138 The Points of the Needle..are subject to be drawn aside by the Guns. 1880 E. Kirke Garfield 25 As the rod draws the electricity from the air.

    26. fig. To attract by moral force, persuasion, inclination, etc.; to induce to come (to a place); to attract by sympathy (to a person); to convert to one's party or interest; to lead, entice, allure, turn (to, into, or from a course, condition, etc.). (See also draw in, on, off, in VII.) a. a person.

c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 To draȝe lechurs to ham. c 1200 Ormin 10115 Her droh Johan Bapptisste wel Þe leode wiþþ hiss lare. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 14039 He..þy wif til hys hore haþ drawe. c 1450 tr. De Imitatione iii. lix. 138 Grace drawiþ to god and to vertues. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 98 I was drawn and allured ther⁓unto through the. 1615 J. Stephens Satyr. Ess. A vj b, [They] have..hanged their bills up to drawe customers. 1648 Gage West Ind. xii. 59 The people are drawne to their churches more for the delight of the musick. 1781 F. Burney Diary June, He endeavoured to draw him into telling the tale. 1861 Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. iii, It is wonderful, though, how you feel drawn to a man who feeds you well.

    b. The mind, desires, eyes, attention, etc.

c 1230 Hali Meid. 33 For to drahen his luue toward hire. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 2 Þe synne of þe heldar man drawiþ..þe hertis of þe ȝungar in to deþ. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 358 They drawe the mindes of the people into an admiration. 1667 Milton P.L. ii. 308 His look Drew audience and attention still as Night. 1711 Addison Spect. No. 15 ¶5 To draw the Eyes of the World upon her. 1849 E. E. Napier Excurs. S. Africa II. 95 My attention being drawn to the spot, I saw an animal. 1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. vi. 154 A great bereavement..drew his mind from public affairs.

    27. absol. To exercise allurement or attractive force; to prove an attraction; to attract crowds.

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 94 Such..as draw unto mischiefe. 1656 Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. (1851) 117 All draws towards liberty and joy. 1708 Prior Turtle & Sparrow 190 Example draws, when Precept fails. 1870 Lowell Study Wind. 375 Mr. Emerson always draws. 1884 Fortn. Rev. 1 Nov. 703 Lord Randolph Churchill..is sure to ‘draw’ enormously wherever he goes.

    28. To influence in a desired direction, induce (to do something). (See also draw on, 86 c.)

1568 Grafton Chron. II. 205 The Spencers had so drawne the king to doe and consent to whatsoever they required. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events 13, I say not this..to draw you to desire me for your wife. 1667 Milton P.L. i. 472 Ahaz his sottish Conquerour, whom he drew Gods Altar to disparage. 1763 J. Brown Poetry & Mus. xiii. 231 When I am drawn to attend more to the Singer than to what is Sung. 1892 Argosy May 359 When he had drawn me to love him.

    29. a. To bring together, gather, collect, assemble. Obs. exc. as associated with other senses.

1568 Grafton Chron. II. 143 Into the marches of Wales, where they drewe to them great power. 1595 Shakes. John iv. ii. 118 That such an Army could be drawne in France. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 63 An Army of about 1600 Men was drawn together.

    b. intr. for refl. To come together, gather, collect, assemble (about, around, to some centre).

a 1300 Cursor M. 15911 (Cott.) Mani drou a-bote þat fire. c 1420 Chron. Vilod. 964 All his frendus..drowyn abouȝt hym theke and fast. 1538 Wriothesley Chron. (1875) I. 83 The great resorte of people that drue to his sermons. 1791 Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest ii, Our desolate party drew round it. 1849 Tait's Mag. XVI. 27/2 The whole party drew round the table.

    30. To bring about as a result, cause to follow as a consequence, entail, induce, bring on. (See also draw in, 82 e, draw on, 86 b.)

c 1340 Cursor M. 26649 (Fairf.) A synne or twa vnbete þai dragh ay ma & ma. 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VII, 7 The proverbe sayth, tareynge draweth and ieopardeth perell. a 1626 Bacon Max. & Uses Com. Law ix. (1636) 35 Any default or laches..either in accepting the freehold, or in accepting the interest that drawes the freehold. 1869 A. W. Ward tr. Curtius' Hist. Greece II. iii. ii 392 This act drew after it important consequences.

    31. To cause to fall or come upon; to bring (evil, calamity, etc.) upon. (See draw down, 80 b.)

c 1340 Cursor M. 18729 (Fairf.) Ful grete veniaunce is on him draw. 1628 Earle Microcosm., Rash man (Arb.) 96 The occasion [that] drew this mischiefe vpon him. 1698 Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 113 Which drew the Forces of the Sultan his Master upon him. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 126 He drew upon Himself, immediately, that Swarm of Enemies. 1823 Examiner 65/2 They are drawing on themselves their own ruin. 1860 T. Martin Horace 29 Rage drew on Thyestes the vengeance of heaven.

    III. Of extraction, withdrawal, removal.
    * With that which is taken as the object.
    32. trans. To pull out, take out, extract (e.g. a cork from a bottle, a tooth from the jaw, a charge from a gun, a nail, screw, etc. from what it is fixed in, bread from an oven, stone from a quarry, a root, pole, young plants, stumps at cricket, etc. from the ground, a card from the pack). Also, to bowl out a batsman. See also draw out, 87 a.

a 1300 Cursor M. 996 (Cott.) Adam..was wroght at vndern tide, At middai eue draun of his side. c 1400 Mandeville (1839) ix. 100 Men make drawe the braunches þere of, and beren hem to ben graffed at Babiloyne. 1562 J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 98 This peny father drue his purse apase. 1622 Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. I. 46 The other Country-fellow, that was..drawing his Cards. 1703 T. N. City & C. Purchaser 255 Some in drawing of Stone make use of Gun-powder. 1708 Motteux Rabelais v. xxi. (1737) 95 The Batch..in the Oven was to be drawn. 1709 Steele Tatler No. 34 ¶5 To cut off Legs, as well as draw Teeth. 1752 Scots Mag. Aug. (1573) 402/2 Having drawn the shot of the loaded piece. 1828 Examiner 658/1 He would have drawn the cork. 1833 Sporting Mag. V. Cricketers' Reg. 13 The stumps were drawn. 1842 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. III. ii. 387 A poor crop of turnips..one half of which was drawn, and the other eaten off by sheep. 1850 ‘Bat’ Crick. Man. 40 The time for drawing the stumps depends..upon pre-arrangements. 1861 Once a Week 10 Aug. 182/1, I drew his wicket with..my second ball. 1870 Hardy & Ware Mod. Hoyle 156 (Besique) When a player draws two cards instead of one, he intimates the fact at once. Mod. That onion bed is fit for drawing [= thinning].

absol. (Cards.) 1870 Hardy & Ware Mod. Hoyle 154 (Besique) The winner of a trick is the first to draw from the pack. 1891 Field 28 Nov. 842/3 The dealer can only draw from the stock.

    33. a. To pull out or extract (a sword or other weapon) from the sheath, etc., for fight or attack.

c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 61 He wile his swerd draȝen. a 1300 Cursor M. 7764 (Cott.) Þou dragh þi suerd and sla me her. c 1320 Sir Tristr. 1575 Ysoude to tristrem ȝode Wiþ his swerd al drain. c 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon i. 27 The barons..drewe alle theyr swerdes. 1583 Hollyband Campo di Fior 191 Every man draw his knife. 1678 J. Phillips Tavernier's Trav., India iii. xxiv. 202 The Java Lords..Drawing their poyson'd Daggers, cry'd a Mocca upon the English, killing a great number of them. 1700 Congreve Way of World v. x, You may draw your fox if you please, sir. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 351 They had obliged him to draw the Sword. 1852 Thackeray Esmond i. xiii, Are you going to draw a sword upon your friend in your own house?

    b. absol. (sc. the sword.)

1592 Shakes. Rom. & Jul. i. i. 69 Draw, if you be men. 1628 J. Rous Diary (Camden) 27 The Captaines..drewe upon the saylers with greate fury. 1719 De Foe Crusoe ii. xiv, We fired our pistols..and then drew. 1862 Temple Bar Mag. IV. 306 It is but ill fighting and base fence to draw upon a foe in a coach.

    c. fig. to draw one's sword against: to attack, ‘take up arms’ against, assume an attitude of hostility to. So to draw one's pen or quill against, to attack in writing.

a 1683 Sidney Disc. Govt. ii. xxiv. (1704) 153 He that draws his Sword against the Prince..ought to throw away the Scabbard. 1704 Swift T. Tub Apol., That this answerer had..drawn his pen against a certain great man. 1735 Pope Prol. Sat. 151 Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill. 1759 Goldsm. Bee, Augustan Age (Globe) 414/1 Many members of both houses of Parliament drew their pens for the Whigs. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 624 The two bishops insisted on Monmouth's owning that, in drawing the sword against the government, he had committed a great sin.

    34. a. To pull or take one from a number of things (‘lots’) so as to decide something by chance: usually in phr. to draw cut(s, to draw lot(s (see cut n.¹, lot). Also absol.

a 1300 Cursor M. 16699 (Cott.) A-bute his kirtel drou þai cutt, qua suld it bere a-wai. 1386, etc. [see cut n.1 1]. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 131/1 Drawe lotte, sorcior. 1552 Huloet, Drawe cutte or lottes, sortio. 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. A iij b, The World's a Lott'ry; He that drawes may win. 1832 Examiner 614/1 Drawing straws, for guilty or not guilty, were infinitely preferable. 1870 Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 287 The we..shared the spoil by drawing short and long. 1886 Lesterre Durant I. xi. 159 They had drawn for partners, and he was congratulating himself on his luck.

    b. To obtain or select by lot.

1709 Steele Tatler No. 124 ¶1 Neither of them had drawn the Thousand Pound. 1791 Boswell Johnson (1831) V. 215 Johnson was once drawn to serve in the militia. 1816 Keatinge Trav. (1817) II. 214 The jury is drawn very fairly. 1862 Temple Bar Mag. IV. 251 She contributed her half-crown to a Derby sweepstakes..and triumphantly drew the winning horse.

    35. To separate or select from a group or heap; spec. a. To select and set apart (sheep) from the flock, for breeding or fattening, or on account of disease or defect. b. To separate (seeds) from the husks. c. Falconry. To remove (a hawk) from the mew after moulting.

14.. Tretyce in W. of Henley's Husb. (1890) 54 Euery yere onys betwixt ester and whitsonday drawe your shepe and loke yeff þey be clene. 1523 Fitzherb. Husb. §40 To drawe shepe, and seuer them in dyuers places. 1611 Markham Countr. Content. i. v. (1668) 36 Hawks for the field would be drawn from the mew in June. 1839 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. I. ii. 169, I then proceeded..to draw forty wether hogs out of my flock of Leicesters. 1845 Ibid. VI. ii. 373, I drew two lots of lambs on the 15th of April. 1847 Ibid. VIII. ii. 283 The cost of ‘cobbing’, separating the [clover] seed from the stalks, and ‘drawing’, separating the seed from the husk by hand. 1866 Ibid. Ser. ii. II. i. 165, I get all my seeds drawn by contract..It took me five days to cob and draw the 45 bushels of Anthyllis which I drew.

    36. To drag or force (a badger or fox) from his hole. (See also s.v. badger n.² 5.)

1834 Medwin Angler in Wales I. 272 You see this little terrier..many a fox has he drawn from earth. 1838 [see badger-drawing s.v. badger n.2 5]. 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & W. iii, Bait cats and draw badgers. 1870 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rur. Sports §1751 If the fox must be drawn by a hound, first introduce a whip, which the fox will seize, and the hound will draw him more readily. 1884 R. Churchill Sp. 28 Oct., I will..take the earliest opportunity I can find of seeing what I can do to draw the badger.

    † 37. To withdraw; in Sporting, to withdraw (the stakes), or to withdraw (a horse) from competing in a race. Obs.

1597 Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, ii. i. 162 Go, wash thy face, and draw thy Action. 1698 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 365 [The match] betwixt the Yorkshire mare and Mr. Frampton's horse the Turk for 500{pstlg} is drawn by consent. 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 72. 2/1 We wou'd..advise the Wagerers to draw Stakes. 1809 Brit. Press 5 Apr. in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1810) XIII. 61 He [a horse] was drawn at the late Westminster races. 1838 J. H. Newman Lett. (1891) II. 258 If he would specify any Tract which he wished drawn from publication..I would do so forthwith. 1857 Hughes Tom Brown ii. ix. (1880) 368 ‘Rory-o-More drawn. Butterfly colt amiss’, shouted the student.

    38. To leave undecided (a battle or game). Also absol. [Original sense unknown: see drawn 3.]

1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 51/1 (Chess) In this critical position, white having the move can draw the game by checking [perpetually]. 1871 ‘Thomsonby’ Cricketers in Council 59 To ‘draw’ a match by refusing to play the ten minutes necessary for finishing it is, in our opinion, a very paltry proceeding. 1878 Besant & Rice Celia's Arb. v, Once or twice the battle was drawn by foreign intervention. 1892 Graphic 10 Sept. 302/3 The tendency to draw a match rather than gain a victory at the cost of an individual wicket or two is far less marked. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 2 Nov. 7/2 If First Trinity wins, it will be the first success they have had since they drew twenty-one years ago.

    39. a. To take (water) from a well, etc. by hauling or pumping up. Also absol. b. Mining. To raise (ore) to the surface in buckets.

a 1300 Cursor M. 5687 (Cott.) Þai war drauand watur. a 1300 Vox & Wolf 277 in Rel. Ant. II. 278 He com to the putte, and drou. c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1115 The thre stronge watere drew vpp out of a cisterne. 1549 Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Col. 4 Of this fountayne maye we easly drawe. 1585 T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. ii. xxii. 60 A smal bucket to draw water with. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 540 With Waters drawn from their perpetual Spring. 1797 Monthly Mag. III. 322 The engine..has been employed, ever since its erection, in drawing water, full seventeen hours per day. 1892 Leisure Hour Aug. 662/2 [They] congregate to draw their water at the old pump.

    40. a. To cause (liquid) to flow from a vessel through an opening; to obtain (drink) from a cask, etc. by a tap or the like; to cause (blood) to come flowing through a wound. Also absol. to draw liquor; in quot. 1598, to exercise the trade of a ‘drawer’ (drawer¹ 2).

1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xxii. 401 Ich couþe..drawe at one hole Thicke ale and þynne ale. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xxi. 95 Þer may na maner of yrne dere him ne drawe blude of him. 1562 J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 178 The butler drawth and drinkth beere. 1598 Shakes. Merry W. i. iii. 11, I will entertaine Bardolfe: he shall draw; he shall tap. 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 24 The Toddy is drawne out of the Palmito-tree. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 239 Their Stings draw Blood. 1737 Bracken Farriery Impr. (1756) I. 193 Blood is drawn at several Periods. 1862 Temple Bar Mag. VI. 529 You may draw me a mug of ale.

    b. to draw it mild: (a) lit., in reference to beer; (b) fig. (colloq.) to be moderate in statement or behaviour; to refrain from exaggeration. So, to draw it strong, in the opposite sense.

1837 Thackeray Ravenswing iii, Dress quiet, sir: draw it mild. 1842 Barham Ingol. Leg., Misadv. Margate, A pint of double X, and please to draw it mild. 1864 Sala in Daily Tel. 6 Apr., Our ladies faithfully promised to ‘draw it as mild’ as possible; but when they made their appearance in most splendid array, I felt rather uncertain as to what the consequences might have been if they had drawn it strong.

    41. a. To extract (a liquor, juice, etc.) by suction, pressure, infusion, or distillation.

a 1550 in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. ix. iv. 222 Drawe the muscellage of them with rose-water and white wyne. 1574 T. Hill Conject. Weather v, To drinke clarified whey simply, or drawen with cold herbes, is then very healthful. 1639 J. W. tr. Guibert's Char. Physic. ii. 73 To draw the Juice of Cherries..take out the stones and presse them. 1730–6 Bailey (folio) s.v., To draw as tea. 1747 Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 83 Oil of sweet Almonds newly drawn. 1836 Fonblanque Eng. under 7 Administ. (1837) III. 313 How are the gravies to be drawn, if the cook goes to church? 1838 Dickens Nich. Nick. ix, He will be here by the time the tea's drawn.

    b. Said absol. of the teapot; also intr. of tea.

1820 Blackw. Mag. VIII. 14 [The tea] took a long time to draw. 1836 Gentl. Mag. June 627/1, I like the teapot always to have time to draw. 1891 Morning Post 25 Dec. 6/5 If people buy strong Indian tea and put the same quantity into the pot as they do of China tea..the liquor draws too strong.

    42. Med. To cause a flow of (blood, matter, ‘humours’) to a particular part; to promote suppuration. Also absol. of a poultice or blister.

c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 227 And leie þerto resoluyng þingis þat ben not to strong, and þat þei drawe not to harde. 1607 Topsell Serpents (1658) 808 He scarified the place, and drawed it with cupping-glasses. 1626 Bacon Sylva §38 Rubarb draweth Choller..Agaricke Flegme. 1875 H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 565 In order for a blister to ‘draw’ thoroughly, it usually has to be left on some eight hours. 1890 Blackmore Kit & Kitty (ed. 3) III. vii. 96 As soon as his poultice began to draw.

    43. To convey away (water) by a channel, etc.; to drain off; also absol., and intr. (for refl.) to drain off, percolate.

1607 Topsell Serpents (1658) 766 They forsake the water when it draweth or falleth low. 1794 Agric. Surv. Kincard. 368 (Jam.) The sub-soil is so concreted..that water does not draw or filter beyond a few feet of distance. 1845 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VI. ii. 573 The deep drains draw the water from a distance of 22 feet. 1856 Ibid. XVII. ii. 488 It is a common belief that water draws better down a curved drain than a straight one.

    44. a. fig. To take or obtain from a source; to derive.

a 1300 Cursor M. 5581 (Cott.) Of israel sede..wald he drau his manhede. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 193 Now we han medycyns drawen of .ij. wellis and of manie maistris. c 1475 Partenay 144 On of faire..Of the which I am drawen lynyally. 1552 Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 12 Foure familiar exempills drawin fra the haly scripture. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 376 The stocke from whence he draweth his descent. 1654 tr. Martini's Conq. China 232 Which kind of custom happily the Chineses drew from the Persians. 1758 Johnson Let. to Langton 21 Sept. in Boswell, The consolation which is drawn from truth..is solid and durable. 1871 Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) IV. xviii. 197 This incidental hint may perhaps draw some indirect confirmation from the highest evidence of all.

    b. intr. or absol. To obtain supplies, resources, information, etc., from a source. (See also 66.)

1829 Examiner 772/2 His Lordship has drawn from other sources than his own brain. 1867 Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) I. App. 702 We get a spirited account of the battle, from which I have not scrupled to draw largely.

    c. intr. for refl. To be derived, spring from.

1847 Tennyson Princ. v. 395, I know Your prowess, Arac, and what mother's blood You draw from.

    45. To take, receive, or obtain (money, salary, revenues, etc.) from a source of supply.

1596 Shakes. Merch. V. iv. i. 87 If euerie Ducat in sixe thousand Ducates Were in sixe parts, and euery part a Ducate, I would not draw them, I would haue my bond. 1605 ― Lear i. i. 87 What can you say, to draw A third, more opilent then your Sisters? 1779 J. Moore View Soc. Fr. (1789) I. xxiv. 195 And draw a revenue from the poor inhabitants. 1850 Tait's Mag. XVII. 532/2 [He] drew his salary quarterly. 1871 Morley Voltaire (1886) 210 Neither could he forget to draw his pension from the King of Prussia. 1879 Sala Paris Herself (ed. 4) II. vii. 85 Ladies who have come to the Bank to draw their dividends.

    46. To cause to come forth or issue; to elicit, ‘fetch’, call forth, evoke. spec. in Cards, To cause (a particular card or cards) to be played out.

a 1300 Cursor M. 1522 (Cott.) Organis harp and oþer gleu, He drou þan oute o musik neu. 1490 Caxton Eneydos vii. 33 They entendyd to drawe from hir som wordes seruynge to theyr entencion. 1634 Sir. T. Herbert Trav. 73 Which drew aforetime many a teare from the distressed Christians. 1711 Steele Spect. No. 252 ¶3 So great an Orator in this Way, that she draws from me what Sums she pleases. 1861 Temple Bar Mag. II. 280 He drew from me all the information I had been able to elicit. 1878 H. H. Gibbs Ombre 41 He draws all the trumps and wins all the tricks.

    47. colloq. To rouse (a person) to action, speech, or anger; to induce to come forth, ‘fetch’; to irritate, exasperate. (Cf. 36, also draw out, 87 g.)

1860 Thackeray Philip vi. (Farmer), The wags..can always, as the phrase is, ‘draw’ her father, by speaking of..Waterloo, or battles in general. 1890 M. W. Hungerford Born Coquette II. xx. 220 The hostess..is not here to be badgered and worried and drawn. 1892 Lentzner Australian Word-bk. 21 Draw, to vex, to infuriate..undoubtedly a metaphor from ‘drawing a badger’. 1892 Guardian 10 Aug. 1178/2 He has striven..to ‘draw’ his opponents and to exasperate them.

    48. To deduce, infer (a conclusion, etc. from premisses). (Cf. also 64.)

1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 176 note, A conclusion..drawne from hope and bonne esperaunce. 1693 Hum. & Conv. Town 132 From innocent Looks drawing what Conclusions they please. 1701 Norris Ideal World i. vii. 343 We may hence draw an argument backward for the necessity of truth. 1795 Gentl. Mag. 541/1 Astonished at the logick which could draw such an inference. 1847 Marryat Childr. N. Forest viii, What inference would you draw from that? 1885 S. Laing Mod. Sc. & Mod. Th. (1894) 146 Conclusions drawn from a totally different class of facts.

    ** With that from which the contents are taken as the object.
    49. To extract something from, draw out the contents of; to empty, drain, exhaust, deplete. to draw dry: to empty or exhaust of liquid; also fig.

1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 378 To declare..it would..drawe the veyne of mine invention drie. c 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. cxv. vi, The conduites of his store, He never dry shall draw. 1589 Nashe Pasquil & Marforius 22 Firie-ouens..and when they are drawn, they deliuer a batch for the deuils tooth. 1630 R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 522 The Persian warre..[has] drawne drie his Coffers. 1666–7 Pepys Diary 24 Feb., Their oven was drawn by ten o'clock at night. 1844 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. V. i. 49 The calf should be allowed to draw the cow fully. Ibid. 281 Carrots do not draw the ground more than swede turnips. 1892 Labour Commission Gloss., Drawing a Pan, taking out of a pan the draught of salt which has accumulated there.

    50. To draw out the viscera or intestines of; to disembowel (a fowl, etc. before cooking, a traitor or other criminal after hanging).
    In many cases of executions it is uncertain whether this, or sense 4, is meant. The presumption is that where drawn is mentioned after hanged, the sense is as here.

c 1320 Sir Tristr. 1797 Sche swore bi godes rode Þai schuld ben hong and drain. 1375 Barbour Bruce i. 278 Sum thai hangyt, and sum thai drew. c 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 35 Þo crane schalle fyrst enarmed be..Draȝun at þo syde as wodcockis. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 131/1 Drawe fowlys, or dysbowaylyn..eviscero. 1465 Paston Lett. I. No. 99. 135, I was arestyd..and was thretenyd to have ben hongyd, drawen, and quarteryd. 1556 Chron. Gr. Friars in Monumenta Franciscana (Rolls) II. 152 Thys yere was Roger Mortemer erle of March hangyd and drawne at Tyborne for tresoun. 1655 Culpepper Riverius i. vi. 27 Take a Goose or Duck that is fat, pluck it and draw it. 1682 S. Pordage Medal Rev. 178 Those men, whom they can neither hang nor draw. 1790 Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 166 We have not been drawn and trussed, in order that we may be filled, like stuffed birds in a museum, with chaff and rags. 1893 Field 4 Mar. 331/1 The proper mode of removing the neck, crop, and merrythought, and drawing the fowl.

    51. To draw a net through or along (a river or shore) for fish. Cf. drag v. 7.

a 1440 Sir Degrev. 113 He drowhe reveres with ffysh. 1673 in Descr. Thames (1758) 83 That no Person do hereafter presume to draw the Shores in the River of Thames. 1758 Descr. Thames 52 Where Fishermen that draw the Shores usually resort. 1784 Cowper Lett. 28 Nov., When they drew the river, they presented us with a fine jack.

    52. Hunting. a. To search (a wood, covert, etc.) for game. Also absol.

1583 Stanyhurst æneis iv. (Arb.) 98 When they shal in thickets thee coouert maynelye be drawing. 1686 [Blore] Gentl. Recreat. ii. 78 When a Huntsman beats a Wood to find a Chase, 'tis called Drawing the Covert. 1789 G. White Selborne (1875) 319 Though the huntsman drew Harteley Wood..yet no stag could be found. 1859 Jephson Brittany ix. 143 To open the hunting season by drawing the forest..for wolves. 1891 Field 7 Nov. 693/2 Two of the..coverts were drawn without success.

absol. 1749 Fielding Tom Jones vii. v, You have lost the hare, and I must draw every way to find her. 1892 Field 7 May 663/3 While the hounds were drawing, a holloa..made known the whereabouts of a fox.

    b. to draw (a covert, etc.) blank: to search it without success; also to draw a blank, and intr. for refl., to draw blank. Also fig., to be unsuccessful, to fail (in a search); to be in vain. (With allusion to drawing a blank in a lottery: cf. 34 b, and blank n. 4.)

1825 Sporting Mag. XVI. 25/1 One hundred sovereigns is a very pretty ‘find’ in any man's pocket, and particularly so in one which is sometimes drawn a blank. 1832 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunt. Songs ii. (1883) 7 The man..Whose heart heaves a sigh when his gorse is drawn blank. 1858 A. W. Drayson Sporting Scenes S. Africa 215 Some of these woods had been drawn blanks. 1874 Lady C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 270 Drew blank the only curiosity shop. 1892 Illustr. Sporting & Dram. News 3 Dec. 29/3 The Laurels..and the Willows all drew blank. 1914 Sphere 19 Dec. 296/1 She was worrying over Miss Titmus's probable annoyance at drawing a blank from her godchild. 1939 Punch 1 Nov. 484/1 Enquiries at the two houses either side of him have drawn blank. 1969 Woman 19 Apr. 36/2 Ask the health visitor to introduce you to other mothers..if you..draw a blank at the clinic.

    53. colloq. To elicit information from (a person); to ‘pump’.

1857 Reade Course True Love 225 I'll draw the farmer! 1891 Athenæum 5 Sept. 330/1 It is a pity that the dramatist lets himself be drawn by the interviewer.

    IV. Of tension, extension, protraction.
    54. a. To pull out to a greater length or size; to stretch, distend, extend, elongate; to spin (a thread). Also absol., and intr. for refl. (See also draw abroad, draw out, in VII.)

a 1300 Cursor M. 12409 (Gött.) Þis tre þai droght þaim bituine. 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII, c. 6 §1 The byer of wollen clothes..shall not drawe..the same clothes..by teyntour or wynche. 1625 Hart Anat. Ur. ii. vi. 88 Any might haue drawne it..as if it had bene some glue or birdlime. 1655 W. Fulke's Meteors Obs. 164 Though Gold be drawn into the smallest wire. 1742 Pope Dunc. iv. 590 Or draw to silk Arachne's subtile line. 1747 Stovin in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 572 The Skin drew or stretch'd like a Piece of Doe-Leather. 1824 Mirror III. 383/2 Had we but the art of drawing threads as fine as a spider's web.

    † b. To stretch on the rack; to rack. Obs. rare.

1481 Caxton Godfrey lv. (1893) 96 They make hym to be drawen and payned to saye the trouthe. 1483 ― G. de la Tour cxl. 197 Rather I shold lete me drawe than I shold telle it ageyn.

    55. fig. To extend, lengthen, prolong, protract. (See also draw along, 77 b, draw out, 87 d.)

a 1300 Cursor M. 791 (Cott.) Quat bot es lang mi tale to draw. 1483 Cath. Angl. 107/1 To Drawe on longe or on lenght, crastinare, prolongare. 1598 Barret Theor. Warres i. i. 1, I will drawe my leisure and poore skill to the vttermost. 1619 Beaum. & Fl. King & No King i. i. 8 Thou drawst thy words. 1847 L. Hunt Jar Honey ix. (1848) 119 The sense of hushing solemnity is drawn to the finest point. 1885 Athenæum 23 May 661/1 The anguish of the last chapters is too long drawn.

    56. techn. a. To straighten out (straw, etc.) by pulling it repeatedly lengthwise, for thatching, etc. b. To make (wire) by drawing a piece of metal through a succession of holes of diminishing size and thus extending it in length. c. To form (a glass tube or the like) by drawing molten glass out in length. d. To flatten out (metal) by hammering or otherwise. e. Cotton-spinning, etc. To elongate and attenuate (the slivers of cotton, wool, or flax), by passing them between successive pairs of rollers revolving at different speeds. f. To spread plaster over (a wall or ceiling).

1509 [see drawn 1]. 1606 Durham Grassmen's Acc. (Surtees) 33 For the carrage of y⊇ straw to y⊇ bull house and for the drawinge of yt, 14d. 1701 Mem. St. Giles's (Surtees) 98 Paid for drawing the new Whins, and spent, 8s. 6d. 1721 Lond. Gaz. No. 5965/4 A Work-house for..Drawing Wyer. 1783 Phil. Trans. LXXIII. 450 The glass tube had been just drawn at the glass-house. 1833 J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 334 Wire is drawn either by hand, or by steam, water, or other power. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 95/2 (Cotton-spinning) The next operation is called drawing..The object..is to complete..the arranging of the fibres of cotton longitudinally, in a uniform and parallel direction, and to remedy all existing inequalities in the thickness of the sliver. 1841 in R. Oastler Fleet Papers (1842) I. xlviii. 380 Being employed in ‘drawing lace’, when only twenty-one months old.

    57. Naut. intr. Of a sail: To swell out tightly with the wind.

1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ix. 41 We haue a..faire wind, and all sailes drawing. 1762 Falconer Shipwr. ii. 189 The mizen draws; she springs aloof once more. 1835 Marryat Pirate ix, The schooner had let draw her fore⁓sheet. 1840 R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xxii. 66 Her yards were braced sharp up, every sail was set, and drew well. 1893 Harper's Mag. Apr. 716/1 The canvas either drew full, or was absolutely slack.

    † 58. a. intr. To extend or amount to. Obs.

1501 Bury Wills (Camden) 87 As myche mony as iij quarters shall drawe to. 1563–4 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) II. 571 Top pieces for the west wyndowe whiche drewe to xxi fote of glass.

    † b. trans. To amount to. Obs.

c 1462 J. Paston in Paston Lett. No. 461. II. 114 To have the seid plase and certeyn of his livelode of gretter valew than the charge of the seid college schuld drawe. 14.. Tretyce in W. of Henley's Husb. (1890) 51 Your costes done vpon þe seid acre drawithe iijd. & jd. ob.

    V. Of delineation or construction by drawing.
    * To draw a line, figure, formal document, comparison, etc.
    59. a. To trace (a line or figure) by drawing a pencil, pen, or the like, across a surface; to cut (a furrow) by drawing a ploughshare through the soil.

c 1305 Edm. Conf. 223–5 in E.E.P. (1862) 77 To arsmetrike he drouȝ..And his figours drouȝ aldai..Arsmetrike is a lore þat of figours al is And of drauȝtes as me draweþ in poudre. 1551 Recorde Pathw. Knowl. i. Defin., A Straight lyne, is the shortest that maye be drawenne betweene two prickes. 1552 Huloet, Drawe a furrow with a plowe about a place. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 130 Wyth th' one fote of your compasse (placinge th' other foote in K.) drawe Cyrcles. 1669 Sturmy Mariner's Mag. i. 24 The Center..from which Point all Lines drawn to the Circumference are equal. 1781 Cowper Conversation 380 Like figures drawn upon a dial plate. 1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts I. 159 These cuts were as neatly drawn across the skull as though done by a sharp pruning knife.

    b. to draw a (or the) line (fig.): to determine or define the limit between two things or groups; in mod. colloq. use (esp. with at), to lay down a definite limit of action beyond which one refuses to go.

1793 Trial of Fyshe Palmer 42 It is difficult..to draw the line. 1821 Examiner 582/1 They know how to draw the line between private and public feeling. 1832 Blackw. Mag. Jan. 129/1 Lord Brougham then proceeds, after stating that it was ‘necessary to draw a line somewhere’. 1881 Scribner's Mag. XXI. 409/2 Feathers and flowers are different things. You must draw a line somewhere, an' I draw it at feathers.

    60. a. To make (a picture or representation of an object) by drawing lines; to design, trace out, delineate; formerly also, to mould, model.

1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 194 b, We rede that saynt Luke the euangelyst drewe and made an ymage of our Sauyour Jesu. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Hist. Ivstine 599 He could draw the figures of men exactly [1606 make Images] in Earth or Clay. 1659 D. Pell Impr. Sea 576 Will a Picture continue that is drawn upon an Ice? 1661–2 Pepys Diary 1 Mar., My wife and I by coach..to see my little picture that is a drawing. 1711 Addison Spect. No. 83 ¶5 All the Faces he drew were very remarkable for their Smiles. 1821 Craig Lect. Drawing iv. 203 The forms of the figures..were finely imagined and correctly drawn. 1861 Temple Bar Mag. III. 24 He drew cartoons on wood.

    b. To represent (an object) by a drawing or picture; to delineate, depict.

1581 G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iii. (1586) 156 b, Having to draw the singular beuties of Helen. 1602 Shakes. Ham. ii. i. 91 He fals to such perusall of my face, As he would draw it. 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 18 Here are many rare sorts of Birds..one only I have drawne. 1833 Mech. Mag. 341 Those who draw the objects on wood, as well as engrave them. 1861 Temple Bar Mag. III. 304 Leech has drawn him in Punch five hundred times.

    c. fig. To represent in words, describe. Also to draw a portrait or picture of, in same sense.

c 1374 Chaucer Troylus ii. 213 (262) And sith thend is euery tales strength..What should I paint or drawen it on length. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 51 Having drawne his portraiture, I send the first counterfeit to himselfe. 1712 Addison Spect. No. 309 ¶7 Mammon's character is so fully drawn in the First Book. 1850 Tait's Mag. XVII. 249/1 Macaulay..draws a flattering picture of William's capabilities. 1891 Sat. Rev. 19 Dec. 696/2 The character of Pamphilus..shows how Terence could draw a young man.

    d. absol. or intr. To trace the lines of a figure; to practise the art of delineation.

1530 Palsgr. 526 He draweth as well in blacke and whyte, as any man in Englande. 1732 Berkeley Alciphr. i. §11 Did those great Italian masters..always draw with the same ease and freedom? 1861 Temple Bar Mag. III. 23 He could draw from the ‘round’.

    61. Masonry. trans. To shape (stone-work) by cutting off thin slices. (Cf. draught n. 43.)

1703 Moxon Mech. Exerc. 183 The work is hewed or drawn pretty near a Round.

    † 62. To devise, contrive; to set in order, arrange, array. Obs. (See also draw up, 89 f.)
    (In quot. 1230, the sense is very doubtful.)

c 1230 Hali Meid. 23 Þe flurs þat beoð idrahe þ[e]ron..to tellen of hare euene ne is na monnes speche. c 1540 tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden No. 29) 179 Burning with rage incredible..he drew a plot for the lord Hastinges. a 1586 Satir. Poems Reform. xxxvi. 98 Judas..any vyler draucht nor thow did neuer draw. 1587 Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) 142 Straight she drew a plot to have him slaine. 1663 F. Hawkins Youth's Behav. 83 The matter of any Book or Science, drawn into Indexes or Tables.

    63. a. To frame (a writing or document) in due form; to compose, compile, write out. (See also draw out, 87 h, draw up, 89 g.)

a 1300 Cursor M. 20059 (Cott.) In sotherin englis was it draun, And turnd it haue i till our aun Langage o northrin lede. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 1 b, I thought it necessary to drawe a treatyse for myselfe. 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VII, 21 A forme of a league and amitie shoulde be drawen with condicions, clauses and covenauntes. 1596 Shakes. Merch. V. iv. i. 394 Clarke, draw a deed of gift. 165. Pepys Diary (1879) IV. 92 Drawing the letter we are to send. 1722 Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) II. vii. 25 Caused an indictment to be drawn against us. 1829 Examiner 779/2 Acts of Parliament were drawn so negligently. 1879 L. Stephen Johnson iii. 72 Langton had employed Chambers..to draw his will.

    † b. intr. To write or treat of. Obs.

a 1300 Cursor M. 2315 (Cott.) Of abraham now wil we drau [v.r. draghe, drawe]. Ibid. 28868 And for þer mater es gode to knau, Of almus sal i for-þer drau.

    64. To frame, make, formulate, lay down, institute (comparisons, contrasts, distinctions, etc.) [App. of very composite origin, having affinities in varying measure with senses 16, 48, 59 b, and 63.]

1789 Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 136, I..drew incessant censures on his taste. 1802 M. Edgeworth Moral T. (1816) I. xx. 190, I..avoided drawing comparisons between your son and F. 1823 Keble Serm. ii. (1848) 31 He has been drawing, in strong colours, a contrast between the punishments and the rewards. 1831 A. Fonblanque Eng. under 7 Administ. (1837) II. 157 Praying that a distinction may be drawn between [etc.]. 1868 Gladstone Juv. Mundi i. (1870) 4 Nestor..draws a somewhat similar contrast between the heroes of his youth and those of the Greek army before Troy. 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 21, I have heard Prodicus drawing endless distinctions about names. 1876 J. S. Brewer Eng. Studies iv. (1881) 201 Comparisons were drawn in his favour to the disadvantage of his brother.

    ** To draw a bill or demand note.
    65. a. Comm. To write out in due form an order to pay money on the writer's account; to write out (a bill, cheque, or draft). Const. on, upon (the person who has to pay).

1671 Crowne Juliana iii, Draw bills of death, they shall be paid on sight; I will..pay as fast as you can draw on me. 1722 De Foe Col. Jack (1840) 213 She should draw bills upon me. 1776 Trial of Nundocomar 23/2 Bollakey Doss drew a draught on Benares in favor of Lord Clive for a lack of rupees. 1817 W. Selwyn Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1171 C. drew bills of exchange on B. for the price of the goods. 1861 Dickens Gt. Expect. li, With instructions to draw the cheque for his signature. 1892 J. Adam Commercial Corr. 24 The person who writes the ‘order to pay’ is said to draw the Bill.

    b. absol. in same sense; also, less strictly, to make permitted demands on or upon (a person) for funds. to draw against, to issue drafts in consideration of (value placed in the drawee's hands).

1671 [see prec.]. 1732 Gay Let. to Swift 16 Nov. in S.'s Lett. (1766) II. 171 You may now draw upon me for your money, as soon as you please. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 26, I have..taken the liberty to draw upon you for {pstlg}5000. 1861 Temple Bar Mag. I. 504 Remit Frank his allowance without drawing on our income. Ibid. III. 218 She has unlimited power to draw on my banker. 1866 Crump Banking iii. 78 It is expected that the portion of the credit consisting of those documents, will not be drawn against until sufficient time shall have elapsed for them to be cleared.

    66. intr. To make a demand or draft upon (a person, his memory, imagination, etc.) for resources or supplies of any kind.

1797 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 166/2 England, to meet the war of assignats, drew upon the finances of posterity. 1840 Barham Ingol. Leg., Ghost Introd., It is on my own personal reminiscences that I draw for the following story. 1855 H. Rogers Ess. II. vii. 323 The narrative..here and there draws largely on our faith. 1859 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XX. ii. 488 [Wheat] draws less upon the natural powers of the soil. 1860 Temple Bar Mag. I. 41 They drew amply upon their imagination when facts failed.

    VI. (refl. and intr.) Of motion, moving oneself.
    † 67. refl. to draw oneself: to move oneself, betake oneself, come, go, proceed, approach to or towards; to withdraw, retire, or remove from. Obs.

c 1200 Ormin 10656 Sannt Johan droh himm o bacch. Ibid. 11545 Þatt illke mann birrþ draȝhenn himm Fra gluterrnessess esstess. c 1205 Lay. 93 Þes duc mid his drihte To þare sæ him droh. a 1300 Cursor M. 7412 (Cott.) Þe men was won to drau ham nere. Ibid. 15904 (Gött.) A quile forward he yode, A quile him drou againe. 1388 Wyclif Luke xv. 15 And he wente, and drouȝ hym to oon of the citeseyns of that cuntre. c 1400 Beryn 2322, I drowȝ me to foly, and wold nat be governed. 1530 Palsgr. 526 He begynneth to drawe hym in to companye nowe. a 1618 Raleigh (J.), As their people increased, they drew themselves more westerly towards the Red sea.

    † 68. a. intr. To move, proceed, come, go. Obs. or arch. exc. as in b.

a 1000 Guthlac 699 (Gr.) Ongon þa leofne sið draᵹan. a 1200 Moral Ode 49 Þider ȝe sculen ȝorne draȝen. a 1300 Cursor M. 22543 (Cott.) Wodd and wall al dun sal drau. c 1400 Destr. Troy 906 Iason..Drow euyn to the dragon, dressit hym to fight. c 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon ii. 66 ‘Where be my sonnes gone?’..‘I cannot telle whether they are drawen.’ c 1489 ― Blanchardyn iii. 18 So shal we leue him drawing on his waye. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 73 Why draw we not home into our own soyle of England? 1644 Chas. I in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. III. 317 Wee desire you to draw with all your forces to Bristol. 1808 Scott Marm. vi. xiii, The train from out the castle drew.

    b. Now only, To move or make one's way towards a place, to come near, approach, to come together, to withdraw to one side; and in certain adverbial combinations, as draw back, down, in, near, nigh, off, on, up: see VII.

c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2378 Toward here fader he gunen draȝen. a 1300 Cursor M. 6276 (Cott.) Þe see drogh samen on ilka side. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xx. 61 Asyde he gan drawe. a 1533 Ld. Berners Huon lxxxi. 250 They all togyther drewe a parte in to a chambre. 1563 Shute Archit. B j b, Constrained the braunches of the herbe to draw downwardes againe with a sertaine compasse. 1670 Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. (1711) 16 [Sails] all set to draw away southerly. 1697 W. Dampier Voy. I. v. 116 Our men immediately..drew together in a body. 1703 Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1732) 144 Having heard of our drawing homeward. 1766 Goldsm. Vic. W. xxviii, I am now drawing towards an abode that looks brighter as I approach it. 1861 Temple Bar Mag. III. 535 Every believer would draw on one side. 1892 Ibid. Nov. 363 Drawing towards Wales and the line of the Severn. 1893 Nat. Observer 5 Aug. 304/1 They drew closer together.

    † 69. fig. To approach, incline, tend (to some condition, state, etc.) Obs.

c 1200 Ormin 17902 All hiss hallȝhe dede Droh till þatt an, to turrnenn follc Intill þe rihhte weȝȝe. 1375 Barbour Bruce x. 781 He to sa gret vorschip dreuch, That all spak of his gret bounte. c 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xxvi. 542 But he draweth now sore to age. 1578 Lyte Dodoens ii. xcii. 272 The upper leaves draw towardes the proportion of the leaves of fenell. 1603 Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 235 Of a darke colour, somewhat drawing toward a violet.

    70. To draw near or approach in time.

a 1300 Cursor M. 22662 (Edin.) Al þing now draus til end. 1399 Langl. Rich. Redeles iv. 31 Whanne it drowe to þe day of þe dede-doynge. c 1475 Rauf Coilȝear 38 It drew to the nicht. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 410 When the time drue neere, he came to Oxforde. 1641 D'Ewes in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 169 It drawes nowe towards tenn of the clocke at night. 1758 A. Reid tr. Macquer's Chym. I. 313 The operation draws toward an end. 1821 Examiner 121/1 It is time I should draw to a conclusion. 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 379 The days of Socrates are drawing to a close.

    † 71. to draw to: to resort to, join the party of (a person); to take up with; to betake oneself to (a course of action, study, etc.). Obs. (exc. as associated with sense 26).

c 1205 Lay. 10530 Alle heo wulleð to me draȝen. a 1300 Cursor M. 45 (Gött.) For be þat thing men draus till, Men may þaim knaue for gode and ill. c 1305 Edmund Conf. 221 in E.E.P. (1862) 77 Siþþe..to arsmetrike he drouȝ. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. ix. 190 Preestes and oþer peple to peers þei drowen. c 1460 Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 5 When Lucifer to pride drogh. 1477 Norton Ord. Alch. xlv. in Ashm. (1652) 22 Heche thyng drawes to hys semblable. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 139 Much people drewe unto them. 1893 Nat. Observer 13 May 643/2 Like draws to like.

    † 72. to draw after: (a) to act by the advice of, follow the counsel of; (b) to ‘take after’, resemble. Obs.

c 1305 St. Swithin 32 in E.E.P. (1862) 44 Swithin his consailler, after wham he drouȝ. c 1450 Merlin 434 She..draweth litill after hir moder. c 1475 Partenay 6243 He drawith after that laydy Ffro whom he is discended uerily.

    † 73. intr. To move (at chess); cf. draught n. 21. Also trans. with cognate obj. Obs.

c 1369 Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 682 Whan she my fers kaught I wolde have drawe the same draught. c 1400 Beryn 1809 ‘Draw on’, seyd the Burgeyse; ‘Beryn! ye have þe wers!’ Ibid. 1822 He drouȝe, and seyd ‘chek mate!’

    74. Hunting. a. Of a hound: To track game by the scent. b. To move slowly towards the game after pointing. Const. after, on, upon. See also draw on, 86 f.

1589 Warner Alb. Eng. Prose Addit. (1612) 345 Ascanius and his Companie drawing by Parsie after the Stagge. 1590 Shakes. Com. Err. iv. ii. 39 A hound that runs Counter, and yet draws drifoot well. 1617 Markham Caval. viii. 33 It might bee possible to make a Horse to draw dry-foot after any Man, and to distinguish Scents with his nose as well as any Bloodhound. 1730–46 Thomson Autumn 365 The Spaniel..draws full, Fearful and cautious, on the latent prey. 1855 Kingsley Heroes iii. (1868) 38 Thrice they snuffed round and round like hounds who draw upon a deer. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports i. i. v. §2. 90 Many pointers are capable of drawing.

    75. Racing. Gradually to gain on or get further away from an antagonist in running or rowing. to draw level: to come up with or alongside of an antagonist; also transf. See also draw out, 87 j, draw up, 89 h.

1823 Examiner 395/2 The boat's crew still drawing on them. 1892 Illustr. Sporting & Dram. News 30 Apr. 249/1 They could not draw quite level, and were beaten by two to one. 1892 Sat. Rev. 2 July 10/1 Two drew away fast from the others, and the race appeared to be over. 1892 Black & White 6 Aug. 158/2 Gradually drawing upon him. 1932 Punch 27 Apr. 465/3 Other nations had drawn level with us. 1955 Times 1 Aug. 3/6 The South Africans have come from behind and surprised the favourites by drawing level in a Test rubber.

    VII. In combination with adverbs.
    76. draw abroad. a. See simple senses and abroad adv. † b. spec. (trans.) To spread (anything) over a surface; to spread out, expand. Obs.

c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 26 Whanne þe arterie is drawe abrod. Ibid. 53 Aboue þe wounde leie terebentine..drawen abrood bitwene two lynnen clooþis.

    77. draw along. a. See simple senses and along adv. † b. To stretch, extend; fig. to prolong, protract. Obs.

1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 124 To drawe þe lyste [C. þe lisure] wel along þe lengore hit semede. 1382 Wyclif Ps. cxix. 5 My pilgrimaging is drawen along. c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 53 Þouȝ þat þi cure be drawe along. 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 426 This..drew me along.

    78. draw back. a. trans. See simple senses and back adv. b. Comm. To get back or recover (the whole or part of the duty on goods) upon exportation: see drawback n. 2. Also fig. to deduct, take off, ‘discount’ (quot. 1768).

1709 Lond. Gaz. No. 4509/3 The Sugars must pay French Duties, but on Exportation draws back all but about 2s. per C. 1768 Sterne Sent. Journ. (1775) I. 36, I always suffer my judgment to draw back something on that very account. 1776 Adam Smith W.N. iv. i. (1869) II. 24 When the home manufacturers were subject to any duty or excise, either the whole or part of it was frequently drawn back upon their exportation; and when foreign goods, liable to a duty, were imported, in order to be exported again, either the whole or a part of this duty was sometimes given back upon such exportations.

    c. intr. (also refl., obs. rare) To move backwards from one's position; to retire, recoil, retreat; fig. to withdraw from an undertaking, etc.

a 1300 Cursor M. 15891 (Cott.) He drogh him bak behi[nd] þe men. c 1340 Ibid. 15925 (Fairf.) Petre drogh him bakker mare. 1530 Palsgr. 526 He drewe backe and defended himselfe as well as he coulde. 1611 Bible Heb. x. 38 If any man drawe backe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him. 1843 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. IV. i. 196 These rocks begin at last to draw back here and there from the river. 1861 Temple Bar I. 517 Too deeply committed to draw back.

    79. draw by. a. trans. To draw aside. b. intr. To pass by, draw to a close.

1830 Tennyson Mariana 19 She drew her casement-curtain by. 1850 ― In Mem. lx. 14 The foolish neighbours..tease her till the day draws by: At night she weeps.

    80. draw down. a. See simple senses and down adv. b. trans. fig. To cause to fall or light upon a person, etc.; to attract, bring down.

1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 35 These crying sinnes, have apparantly drawne downe Gods heavy judgements upon these Countries. a 1694 Tillotson (J.), The blessings it will draw down upon us. 1816 Keatinge Trav. (1817) I. 164 This of course draws down French vengeance.

    c. Cookery. To stew or boil down. d. Forging. To reduce (bars, etc.) in size by hammering.

1806 Culina 15 Put all those into a stew pan, with some water, and draw them down to a light brown colour.

    81. draw forth. a. trans. See simple senses and forth adv.

c 1200 Ormin 7413 Þatt hord tatt oppnedd wass And draȝhenn forþ. 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. x. 29 Out of his bouget forth he drew Great store of treasure. 1632 J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 89 To see if they could..draw forth into the Maine, the Sardan Galleyes. 1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 134 The Madrecon that drawes forth the Army, and ranges it in battalia. 1879 Dowden Southey iv. 86 A May morning would draw him forth into the sun.

    † b. To adduce; = sense 21 a. Obs.

c 1200 Ormin 11907 He drohh þær forþ þe bokess lare.

    † c. To protract, prolong; to spend (time). Obs.

c 1305 Edm. Conf. 402 in E.E.P. (1862) 81 Þat he al day forþ drouȝ. 1589 Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 57 In this sort did Pleusidippus draw foorth his infancie. 1650 Trapp Comm. Gen. ix. 25 Leonard..drew forth a most poor life in the Netherlands, whither he escaped.

    † d. To trace out; to design, draw up, draw out (see 60, 87 h, 89 g). Obs.

1551 Robinson tr. More's Utop. (Arb.) 79 Utopus him selfe..drewe furth the platte fourme of the citie.

    e. To elicit, evoke, call forth.

1821 Examiner 780/2 [His] drollery drew forth no cordial laugh. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 168 His bravery..drew forth the generous applause of hostile armies.

    82. draw in. a. See simple senses and in adv.

1579 Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 54 Eagles draw in their tallants as they sit in their nestes. 1648 Gage West Ind. xiii. 81 The greedy Earth..opened her mouth to draw in Townes and Cities. a 1732 Gay (J.), Now, sporting muse, draw in the flowing reins. 1749 Fielding Tom Jones xii. xiii, As the vulgar phrase is, [he] immediately drew in his horns. 1847 A. M. Gilliam Trav. Mexico 133 Obliged to draw in his reins.

    b. trans. To contract, draw tight; to cause to shrink.

1628 Earle Microcosm., Handsome Hostesse (Arb.) 55 No Citizens wife..drawes in her mouth with a chaster simper. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. ii, Miss Gisborne's flannel..must be drawn in to-morrow. 1891 Eng. Illustr. Mag. IX. 192 The gown was drawn in but slightly under the arms.

    c. To take into the lungs, breathe in, inhale.

1535 Coverdale Ps. cxviii. [cxix.] 131, I open my mouth and drawe in my breth. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 469 All their Cattle for want of water do draw in the cold air. 1707 Norris Treat. Humility x. 402 Soft oily poisons which we incautiously draw in for common breath. 1892 Graphic 210/3 Hughes drew in his breath sharply.

    d. fig. To induce to come in or take part; to allure, entice, inveigle; to ensnare, ‘take in’, delude. (Now only with inf.)

1558 in Strype Ann. Ref. I. ii. App. iv. 6 To draw in other men of learning. 1606 Proc. agst. Late Traitors 74 Onely perswaded and drawen in by Catesby. 1726 Adv. Capt. R. Boyle 55 Smiling..to think how soon I drew in the credulous Captain. 1752 Foote Taste ii. Wks. 1799 I. 24 Mecænas..has been drawn in to purchase..a cart-load of—rubbish! 1813 Jane Austen Pride & Prej. III. xiv. 246 Your arts..may..have made him forget what he owes to himself and to all his family. You may have drawn him in. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike iv. 54 He was not the man to be drawn in to do what..he disliked.

    † e. To induce or bring as a consequence. Obs.

a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 56 One worde drauithe an other in. a 1704 Locke (J.), A view of all the intermediate ideas that draw in the conclusion, or proposition inferred.

    f. intr. Of a day or evening: To draw to a close, to close in. Also of a succession of evenings in late summer and autumn: To become gradually shorter (as if contracting or shrinking in).

1840 R. Barham in Bentley's Misc. Mar. 274 As the evenings begin To close, or, as some people call it, ‘draw in’. 1849 Tait's Mag. XVI. 260/2 Hours passed and the evening drew in. 1880 R. Broughton Sec. Th. ii. x, The evenings are beginning to draw in already. 1891 H. S. Merriman Prisoners & Captives II. iii. 55 The short winter day was drawing in.

    83. draw near. intr. To come (gradually) near, approach (lit. and fig.).

a 1300 Cursor M. 21790 (Edin.) Quen he droch til his ending nere. c 1340 Ibid. 14525 (Fairf.) Halde ȝou stille & drawes nere. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 28 Preamb., The seid parliament draweth so near to the end. 1596 Spenser F.Q. vi. iii. 47 He stayd, till that he nearer drew. 1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 101 Her blossoms like Lillies broken off green, draws near to the yellow. 1712 Addison Spect. No. 523 ¶7 The time of a general peace is, in all appearance, drawing near. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 667 Sentinels were posted to give the alarm if a stranger drew near.

    84. draw nigh. = prec.

c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1653 Men drowe to þeym ney. 1526 Tindale John xvi. 33 The houre draweth nye. 1586 T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. i. 138 The end of this time drew nie. 1667 Milton P.L. iii. 645 He drew not nigh unheard. 1842 Tennyson Morte d'Arthur 163 My end draws nigh; 'tis time that I were gone.

    85. draw off. a. See simple senses and off.

a 1300 Cursor M. 8116 (Cott.) Þe king drou of his gloue. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) x. 41 Mary Mawdelayne and Mary Cleophe, makand sorow..and drawand off þaire hare. 1697 W. Dampier Voy. I. iii. 37 Bark of Maho..You may draw it off either in flakes or small threads. 1711 Pope Let. to J. C. 19 July (1735) I. 173 Tonson's Printer told me he drew off a Thousand Copies in this first Impression. 1747 Franklin Lett. (1887) II. 67 The wonderful effect of pointed bodies, both in drawing off and throwing off the electrical fire.

    b. (a) trans. To withdraw (troops) from a particular position, or from the scene of action. (b) intr. To move off, withdraw, retire, retreat. (c) Pugilism: see quot. 1873.

1667 Milton P.L. iv. 782 Half these draw off. 1697 W. Dampier Voy. I. iv. 84 Captain W. drew off his men. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 377 He resolved to draw off his Dragoons.

intr. a 1625 Beaum. & Fletcher Custom of Country i. i, Draw off a little; Here come my mistress and her father. c 1645 Tullie Siege of Carlisle (1840) 17 Barkley drew of sore bruised. 1865 Kingsley Herew. vii, When they were tired they drew off on both sides. 1873 Slang Dict., Draw off, to throw back the body to give impetus to a blow; ‘he drew off, and delivered on the left drum’.

    c. To turn aside, divert (the mind, attention).

1704 Norris Ideal World ii. iii. 121 There is something in those objects..which draws off the mind from itself to the contemplation of them. 1834 Medwin Angler in Wales I. 187 A friend..rode after the brute, and drew off his attention to himself.

    d. trans. To convey away (liquid) by a tap, or a channel or the like; esp. without disturbing the bottom or sediment. Also intr. (for refl.) To drain away, flow off.

1697 W. Dampier Voy. I. viii. 226 The Indico falls to the bottom..When it is thus settled they draw off the Water. 1737 Bracken Farriery Impr. (1756) I. 321 A Rowel is to draw off the bad or corrupt Humours from the Blood. 1840 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. I. iii. 316 The water can be successfully drawn off by a catheter. 1853 Ibid. XIV. ii. 442 It is repeatedly ‘racked’, or drawn off from one cask into another. 1892 Field 26 Nov. 802/3 Care should be taken not to disturb the lees until all the cider is drawn off.

intr. 1734 tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) I. i. iv. 199 To keep back the waters which otherwise would draw off too fast. 1844 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. V. i. 9 The deposit that would be left after the water had drawn off.

    86. draw on. a. See simple senses and on.

1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 162 If the Whale should draw on again. 1712 Addison Spect. No. 311 ¶5 He immediately drew on his Boots. 1847 A. M. Gilliam Trav. Mexico 135 He drew on his cloak.

    b. trans. To bring on, bring about, lead to, involve as a consequence.

1593 Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, iii. iii. 75 Looke therefore Lewis, that by this League and Mariage Thou draw not on thy Danger, and Dis-honor. a 1627 Hayward (J.), Under colour of war, which either his negligence draws on, or his practices procured. 1672 Boyle On Fluids (J.), The examination..would draw on the consideration of the nice controversies that perplex philosophers. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 55 This Beginning drew on the General Battle.

    c. To entice, allure, lead on.

1605 Shakes. Macb. iii. v. 29 Such Artificiall Sprights, As..Shall draw him on to his Confusion. 1648 Gage West Ind. iv. 12 If I resolved to goe, my resolution should draw on an other friend of mine. 1816 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) 28 Nov., If you suffer yourself to be drawn on by what you conceive to be the taste of the day. 1875 Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 606 When he was drawing them on to speak of antiquity.

    d. intr. To advance, approach, draw nigh.

1535 Coverdale Job xxxiii. 21 His soule draweth on to destruccion. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 12 Christmasse now drew on. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough III. 303 The Season drawing on for opening the Campaign. 1861 Temple Bar Mag. II. 401 Evening again drew on.

    † e. To draw near to death, be in a dying state.

1555 W. Watreman Fardle Facions i. vi. 88 When any man lieth in drawing on. a 1577 Gascoigne Flowers Wks. (1587) 100 He lay (as some say) drawing on Untill his breath and all were past and gone.

    f. Hunting. Of a hound: To approach game after pointing: = sense 74.

1892 Field 7 May 695/3 Musa pointed and drew on, but could not locate the birds. Ibid. 19 Nov. 797/3 The setter must often draw on and draw on, not unlike a cat creeping on its prey.

    87. draw out. a. trans. To pull out, take out, extract, derive, etc.: see simple senses and out adv. (Also intr. for pass.)

c 1300 Cursor M. 19500 (Edin.) Oute he droȝ baþe wiue and man. 1393 Gower Conf. II. 251 He anone the tethe out drough. a 1533 Ld. Berners Huon xxi. 58 Than they tooke lond and drew out theyr horses. 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 24 Then in rage and sudden rapture drew out his knife. 1769 Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 301 Kill your pig, dress off the hair, and draw out the entrails. 1861 Temple Bar Mag. IV. 20 Paying in money, and drawing money out, at his employer's bank.

intr. for pass. 1891 Longm. Mag. Nov. 69 The harpoon did not penetrate sufficiently..and therefore drew out. 1893 Field 4 Mar. 335/1 A drawer should be fitted..so as to draw out..and shut back..in a moment.

    b. Mil. (a) To lead out of camp or quarters; to call out. (b) To detach from the main body. (c) To set in array, extend in line, draw up. (d) intr. for refl. To march out of camp or quarters.

1638 Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 88 Next morning drawing out his men [he] assayles him. 1724 De Foe Mem. Cavalier (1840) 81 The king ordered the regiment to be drawn out. 1866 Carlyle Inaug. Addr. 177 Thirty-thousand armed men, drawn out for that occasion.

intr. a 1616 Beaum. & Fl. Bonduca i. ii, To-morrow we'll draw out, and view the cohorts. 1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 10 Three score of us then drew out. 1894 Wolseley Marlborough II. 177 Some sixty or seventy Irish Dragoons ‘drew out’..and took up a threatening position.

    c. To stretch, extend; to flatten out (metal).

1483 Act 1 Rich. III, c. 8 Preamb., Clothes..ben set upon Tentours, and drawen out in Leyngh and Brede. 1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 148 One may draw it out in Threads like hot Sealing-wax. 1703 Moxon Mech. Exerc. 9 When your Iron hath not its Form..then you must..batter it out; or, as Workmen call it..draw it out. 1754 Richardson Grandison (1812) IV. 284 He drew out his face, glouting, to half the length of my arm. 1841 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. II. ii. 222 The spores were lengthened, or drawn out into a short pedicel.

    d. fig. To extend, protract, prolong.

1553 T. Wilson Rhet. (1580) 169 Dulled with overlong drawing out of a sentence. 1632 Milton L'Allegro 140 In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out. 1709 Strype Ann. Ref. I. xlvii. 515 To draw out time, and weary them. a 1713 T. Ellwood Autobiog. (1714) 30, I Prayed often, and drew out my Prayers to a great length. 1893 Temple Bar Mag. XCIX. 68 Breakfast was drawn out to a most unusual length.

    † e. To utter slowly or with an effort. Obs.

c 1400 Destr. Troy 5054 Diamede full depely drough out a laughter. 1581 G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 1 Hearing him drawe out his wordes so softlie and so weaklie.

    f. To elicit, evoke, call out.

a 1586 Sidney (J.), To draw out more, said she, I have often wondered how such excellencies could be. 1594 Hooker Eccl. Pol. iv. xiii. §10 To draw out from us an accusation of foreign churches. 1777 F. Burney Early Diary 27 Mar., Useful in drawing out the wit and pleasantry of others. 1816 Keatinge Trav. (1817) II. 215 The bench interrogating the prisoner, and drawing out indiscreet avowals.

    g. To induce to talk or express opinions; to elicit speech or information from. (colloq.)

1778 F. Burney Diary 23 Aug., She did not..use any means to draw me out. 1824 Byron Juan xv. lxxxii, He had the art of drawing people out, Without their seeing what he was about. 1890 A. Gissing Village Hampden III. 295 Joice steadily resisted all efforts to draw her out.

    h. To write out in proper form, draw up, (in quot. 1500, to translate, render); to make out; to trace out, delineate.

c 1500 Lichfield Gild Ord. (1890) 14 It ys a-Greyde that the Statutis..shalbe draue owt in-to Englyshe. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 377 note, It passeth my capacitie to drawe out his portrayture in sufficient livelynesse. 1773 Goldsm. Stoops to Conq. ii. i, Bring us the bill of fare..I believe it's drawn out. 1826 Examiner 190/2 Leases..were drawn out and founded on the basis of that monopoly. 1861 Temple Bar Mag. II. 248 The [marriage] settlements were permitted to be drawn out.

    i. intr. To extend in length, become longer.

Mod. The days are beginning to draw out.

    j. Racing. To get gradually farther ahead.

1891 Strand Mag. II. 655/1 The runner..drew out in front. 1892 Standard 10 Aug. 7/5 The favourite drew out and won by two lengths.

    88. draw over. † a. trans. To overspread.

a 1400–50 Alexander 4207 Draȝen ouer with hidis. 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 3 Their horses trapped, in burned Silver, drawen over with cordes of Grene Silke and Golde.

    b. To cause to pass over in a still; to obtain by distillation.

1676 Boyle On Colours (J.), I..mixed with it essential oil of wormwood, drawn over with water in a limbeck. 1884 N. & Q. Ser. vi. X. 159/1 The Moslem physician Rhazes drew over a red oil by distillation called oleum benedictum philosophorum.

    c. To convert to one's party or interest.

1707 Addison Pres. State War (J.), Some might be brought into his interests by money, others drawn over by fear. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 153 To draw over some of the German Princes to His Interest. 1737 Whiston Josephus Antiq. Diss. i, How otherwise could he draw over so many of the Jews.

    † d. intr. To extend, last, endure. Sc. Obs.

c 1565 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) 256 (Jam.) This drew over for ane space. Ibid. 312 Thir cumberis drew over till the king was tuelf yeires of age.

    89. draw up. a. trans. (also intr. for refl.) See simple senses and up adv.

c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 159 Alswa se þe sunne drach up þene deu and makeð þer of kume reines. 13.. Coer de L. 55 Anon the sayle up thay drowgh. 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 27 And by force of engynes drewe it up. 1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 174 They..draw it up also with Pulleys into the Ship. 1706 Motteux Vanbrugh's Mistake Epil., With Glass drawn up, Drive about Covent-Garden. 1869 W. Longman Hist. Edw. III, I. xiv. 261 The gate was shut, the bridge was drawn up.

intr. c 1400 Destr. Troy 755 Whan þe day vp droghe and the dym voidet. 1823 Examiner 792/1 The curtain drew up at the instant of his entrance.

    b. refl. To assume an erect or stiff attitude.

1850 Tait's Mag. XVII. 342/2 The Doctor..drew himself up in offended dignity. 1866 G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. xiii. (1878) 269 She drew herself up in her chair.

    † c. To mend (a rent in a garment) by stitching so as to draw the parts together. Obs.

1759 Sterne Tr. Shandy I. x. (Hoppe), That he could draw up an argument in his sermon—or a hole in his breeches.

    † d. Cookery. ? To bring to the proper consistence (as by ‘drawing’ through a strainer). Obs.

c 1430 Two Cookery-bks. 20 Draw hem vppe wyth the [almond] Mylke þorw a straynoure. c 1440 Anc. Cookery in Househ. Ord. (1790) 425 Breke hom in a morter, and drawe hom up wythe gode brothe.

    e. trans. To bring to a stand (by pulling at the reins). intr. To come to a stand; to pull up, stop.

1828 Examiner 562/1 He drew up his gig on the wrong side. 1849 E. E. Napier S. Africa II. 26 The waggons had been drawn up so as to form a sort of hollow square. 1892 Cornh. Mag. July 22 She drew the horse up short.

intr. 1823 Southey Penins. War I. 171 A carriage with six mules drew up to the guard-house. 1859 Thackeray Virgin. i, The young gentleman's post-chaise drew up at the rustic inn. 1885 Manch. Exam. 3 Oct. 4/7 The train drew up in the station.

    f. To bring into regular order, as troops; to set in array. Also intr. for refl.

1605 Shakes. Lear v. i. 51 The Enemy's in view, draw vp your powers. a 1671 Ld. Fairfax Mem. (1699) 84 Here we drew up our army. 1776 Gibbon Decl. & F. i, The legion was usually drawn up eight deep. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 243 The ranks were drawn up under arms.

intr. 1660 F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 292 The whole Portuguese Cavalry being landed, drew up in two squadrons. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 231 They did, indeed, draw up in Order of Battle.

    g. To put together in proper form; to frame, compile, compose, write out in due form.

1639 S. Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events Ep. Ded. A iv, The work which I have here drawne up to a translation. 1654 tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. 94 Those..who drew up the processe. 1693 Col. Rec. Pennsylv. I. 423 The Committee having drawen up their Answer to the remonstrance, doe sign it. 1711 Addison Spect. No. 60 ¶7 A List of Words..drawn up by another Hand. 1856 Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. x. 440 The report was drawn up by men who had the means of knowing the truth.

    h. intr. To come up with, come close to; in Racing, to gain on or overtake an antagonist.

1795 Nelson 13 Mar. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) II. 13 As we drew up with the Enemy. 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat 8 We drew up to the table. 1894 Times 17 Mar. 14/1 Then the Oxford crew began slowly but steadily to draw up.

    i. To take up with, enter into relations with.

1724 Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 89 Gin ye forsake me Marion, I'll e'en gae draw up wi' Jean. 1821 Galt Sir A. Wylie III. 152 (Jam.) When I had naething I was fain to draw up wi' you. 1892 Sat. Rev. 9 July 32/2 There was news from Morocco that their Minister had ‘drawn up’ with the Sultan's dreaded rival.

▪ II. draw, n.
    (drɔː)
    [f. draw v.]
    1. a. An act of drawing, in various senses of the vb.; draught; pull, strain; the drawing of a card from a pack, etc.

1663 Flagellum or O. Cromwell (1679) 45 (L.) The cavalier..cut the ribbon which tied his murrion and with a draw threw it off his head. 1755–73 Johnson, Draw, the act of drawing. 1867 F. Francis Angling iv. (1880) 121 Whenever there is a draw on the baits. 1871 Daily News 15 Aug., The salaries..would not bear the extra draw which must necessarily ensue. 1888 M. W. Jones Games of Patience xiv. 31 You are allowed ‘two shuffles and a draw’.

    b. An amount drawn up or out.

1847 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VIII. i. 126 The clay being taken out one ‘draw’ deep. 1852 Ibid. XIII. i. 92 The last spit or draw being much narrower than the preceding one.

    c. Cricket. A leg stroke in which the batsman deflects the ball so that it passes between the wicket and his legs. Also, a fieldsman placed so as to field balls so hit.

1836 Nottingham Rev. 30 Sept., Caught out at the draw through the ball being to the ‘leg’. 1846 W. Denison Cricket: Sketches of Players 16 How many ‘bats’ have been compelled to yield up their wickets just when they fancied they had made a fine ‘draw’. 1849 Boy's Own Bk. 78 As the ball [when drawn] generally gets away between long-stop and leg, it is advisable to place as ‘draw’ the fieldsman that can best be spared. 1857 Chambers's Information I. 690 The ‘draw’..is the most elegant..of the batsman's defences. 1893 R. Daft Kings of Cricket v. 88 Tom Hearne..was more successful with the old-fashioned ‘draw’ than any batsman I can remember.

    d. Short for draw-poker (see draw- a). U.S. colloq.

1857 Phœnix (Sacramento, Calif.) 20 Sept. 3/2 This mongrel, David, recently lost a sum of money, playing ‘draw’. 1876 J. Miller Life amongst Modocs x. 133 The man..took a quiet game of ‘draw’ with the boys at the Howlin' Wilderness, and won at once the title of Judge. 1891 Scribner's Mag. X. 278 A small game of draw shortens the dying hours. 1945 New Yorker 14 Apr. 21 ‘Dealer's choice,’ said Kelly. ‘Draw or stud. Fifty-cent ante on draw.’

    e. A puff on a pipe, cigarette, etc., a smoke. Chiefly dial. and U.S.

1876 ‘Mark Twain’ Tom Sawyer 138, I could smoke this pipe all day, but he'd keel over with just two draws on a pipe. 1881 A. Wardrop J. Mathison's Courtship 24 I'll jist licht my pipe, an' ha'e a bit draw. 1895 ‘G. Setoun’ Sunshine & Haar 253 After making himself quite presentable, sat down for a ‘draw’. 1908 A. M'Ilroy Burnside v, ‘You'll tak' a draw,’ the host would say, taking the pipe from his mouth and handing it to his guest. 1933 P. MacDonald Myst. Dead Police i. 7 There's nothing like a draw to quiet a chap down. 1969 Flamingo Mag. (E. Afr.) x. 45/4, I lit the hemp and had a draw of it.

    2. a. The drawing or bending of the bow.

1879 M. & W. Thompson Archery 19 Care and great practice should be given to acquiring the correct draw.

    b. The act of drawing a revolver in order to shoot. U.S.

1857 T. H. Gladstone Kansas v. 54 With my hand upon the pistols..he didn't stand out long. But I felt pretty bad..till I got the draw on him. 1903 C. T. Brady Bishop i. 9 He had the reputation..of being the quickest man on the draw..in the Territory. 1908 C. E. Mulford Orphan iii. 37 And they would have gotten it, too, only I beat them on the draw. 1947 Chicago Tribune 22 June (Comics) 9 She might beat me to the draw!

    3. Drawing or attractive power or effect; anything having power to draw a crowd. colloq.

1881 L. Wagner Pantomimes 58 Little to do with the success or legitimate ‘draw’ of the entertainment. 1891 N. Gould Double Event 264 Smirke would have proved a big draw.

    4. Drawing of lots; anything decided or arranged by drawing lots, as the order of competitors in a contest; a raffle.

1755–73 Johnson, Draw..the lot or chance drawn. 1885 L'pool Mercury 22 Dec. 115/4 The familiar raffle or ‘draw’. 1892 Daily News 27 Jan. 7/2 Unlawfully publishing a proposal for a Christmas draw. 1894 Times 11 June 7/2 The following is the draw for the order of play.

    5. A drawn game or match.

[1825 J. Neal Bro. Jonathan i. 50 Everybody was glad when he was beaten; everybody reckoned a draw-game, as a victory over him.] 1856 Mongredien in C. Tomlinson Chess-player's Ann. 134 With a view to a ‘draw’, by bringing the Black Pawn on to a Rook's file. 1860 E. Cowell Diary 17 June in M. W. Disher Cowells in America (1934) 117 Of course every one knows that the fight between Sayers and Heenan was undecided—a draw—and both have belts given to them. 1863 Illustr. London News 22 Aug. 191/1 Surrey v. England, at the Oval..ended in a ‘draw’ yesterday. a 1871 New York Herald (Hoppe), He fought his last battle which ended in a draw and division of the stakes. 1885 Manch. Exam. 6 July 4/7 The cricket match..ended in a draw in favour of the latter county. 1887 Times 19 Aug. 5/2 The war..apparently has ended in a draw.

    6. Spinning. The distance which a mule-carriage travels in drawing out the yarn; a ‘stretch’.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 396/2 So soon as the carriage has receded to the end of the ‘draw’ or ‘stretch’—which usually extends to about sixty inches—it stops.

    7. a. ‘That part of a bridge which is raised up, swung round, or drawn aside; a draw-bridge or swing-bridge (U.S.)’ (Webster 1864).

1786 Maryland Jrnl. 3 Nov. (Th.), A draw is placed over the deepest water, for permitting vessels to pass and repass. 1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe II. 243 The bridge is now permanent, though there was once a draw. 18.. Whittier Countess, A skipper's horn is blown To raise the creaking draw. 1889 Morse Amer. Geogr. 181 The draw..is designed to require the strength of two men only in raising it. 1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. from Self-made Merchant 21 Our schooner was passing out through the draw at Buffalo.

    b. A drawer. U.S.

1692 in Connecticut Probate Rec. (1904) I. 463, I giue to Elizabeth Thomson..one table with a draue in it. 1748 N.H. Probate Rec. III. 565, I give..my chist of draws to my dafter Lidea. 1775 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XIII. 188 You know I can take a Draw at a time and lay them in the same manner into Dr Gardners. 1829 in W. L. Mackenzie Lives Butler & Hoyt (1845) 50 That celebrated receptacle of Chancery papers..the draw or bushel-basket..of his venerable predecessor. 1862 Lowell Biglow P. 2nd Ser. iii. 108 Once git a smell o' musk into a draw An' it clings hold. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum 143 They're in the draw there. 1929 in Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 178/2 The draw sticks. 1971 Amherst (Mass.) Record 28 July 15/1 Wanted to Buy. Two draw file and adding machine.

    8. Clock-making. (See quot.)

1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 92 In a lever escapement the locking faces..are cut back at an angle which is called the draw.

    9. A natural ditch or drain that draws the water off a piece of land. Also, a shallow valley containing a stream. U.S.

1882 W. A. Baillie-Grohman Camps in Rockies xii. 340 Among the rough and steep chains of mountains full of ‘draws’, ‘pockets’, and gulches. 1884 Harper's Mag. Aug. 365/1 You must..find cover in some coulée or draw. 1885 in A. Fryer Gt. Loan Land (1887) 12 The drainage of the uplands is collected by..shallow ‘draws’ which effectually drain the surface. 1935 W. Cather Lucy Gayheart II. xi. 216 In the draws, between the low hills, thickets of wild plum bushes were black against the drifts. 1953 J. Masters Lotus & Wind xx. 253 There was a chance they'd miss the inflow of this draw. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 137 The trail rose for a few hundred feet, and then dipped into an empty draw.

    10. A thing or person employed to draw a person out, to elicit from him what he knows or intends to do. Also, one from whom information, etc., may be extracted. slang.

1811 Sporting Mag. XXXVIII. 168 The pretended flat who was a draw, was introduced. 1860 Reade Cloister & H. v, This was what in modern days is called a draw..to elicit by the young man's answer whether he had been there lately or not. 1887 Poor Nellie (1888) 124 Butt was a sure ‘draw’ on this subject.

    11. Founding. A cavity inside a casting produced by the shrinking of the metal during solidification; a shrinkage cavity.

1907 M{supc}William & Longmuir Gen. Foundry Pract. xxii. 189 In this class of work, ‘draws’ are often met with, which constitute another class of liquid shrinkage. 1925 Foundry Trade Jrnl. XXXII. 552/2 Many defects described by the practical moulder as draws are in fact blows, or in some cases a combination of the two. 1962 J. G. Tweeddale Metall. Princ. Engineers vi. 181 Draws are very troublesome in castings.

    12. a. With adverbs, as draw-down; draw-in, esp., in mod. usage, a roadside space out of the way of traffic where vehicles, esp. buses, may make temporary stops; cf. layby; draw-off attrib., esp. in draw-off tap = draw-tap (draw- a). b. Comb., as draw-out (see quot.); draw-tender, one who attends to a draw-bridge.

1787 M. Wollstonecraft Posth. Wks. (1798) IV. 114 A *draw-down at the sides of his mouth. 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA ix. 55 Ingenious new methods of temporary draw-down of water-level. 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. xv. 238/1 Low-permeability holes where draw-down of aquifer pressures during discharge is substantial. 1968 Gloss. Terms Offset Lithogr. Printing (B.S.I.) 27 Drawdown, a method of comparing or examining inks by scraping samples down a sheet or slab to produce thin graded films.

1840 Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 85 Is there any particular current setting into the old harbour? There is a *draw-in, like all other harbours. 1939 Nature 20 May 850/1 ‘Lay-byes’ and ‘drawn-ins’ should be made on every few miles of highway. 1954 Gloss. Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 26 Draw in, a part of the highway set aside for Public Service Vehicles to draw out of the traffic lanes to pick up and set down passengers.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 28 Sept. 3/2 The *draw-off taps at the sink..fitted on single pipes. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 222/1 Only a trickle of water comes from draw-off points. 1959 Times 14 Mar. 9/7 Wassail bowls fitted with silver draw-off taps.

1960 G. A. Glaister Gloss. of Book 110/1 *Draw out, a printing fault caused when the roller pulls out a loose type.

1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 357/2 The *draw-tender..saw repeated visions of his death.

    
    

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     ▸ Brit. slang. Cannabis, esp. when smoked or prepared for smoking (see sense 1e).

1987 Guardian 5 Sept. 9/8 You don't see much of other drugs, apart from the old ganja... Plenty of the officers smoke it too. I know some who'll have a search for draw and then pocket it. 1991 Face Feb. 38/2 The image that a lot of bands are trying to project: ‘We smoke draw, we're a bit mad.’ 1995 i-D Nov. 26/1 Our entire existence was about smoking draw, taking acid, going to the park and doing nothing. 2000 N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 272 This is why a hardly ever smoke draw; this is wharrit does ter yer, these six fuckin sacks of torpor n stupor.

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