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long-drawn, a.
1. Prolonged to a great or inordinate length. Also long-drawn-out.
[1632Milton L'Allegro 140 In notes, with many a winding bout Of lincked sweetnes long drawn out.] 1646Crashaw Delights Muses (1652) 88 Now negligently rash He throws his arm, and with a long-drawn dash Blends all together. 1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 317 While the proud their long-drawn pomps display. 1832Tennyson Lady of Shalott iv. 28 A longdrawn carol, mournful, holy. 1842Manning Serm. (1848) I. 138 Long-drawn schemes of action. 1851H. Melville Whale x. 54 A long-drawn, gurgling whistle. 1883Stevenson Treas. Isl. iii. xiv, Far away out in the marsh there arose one horrid, long-drawn scream. 1891T. R. Lounsbury Stud. Chaucer III. viii. 331 The long-drawn-out romances which had been the favorites of the generations preceding his own [sc. Fielding's]. 1897Sir E. Wood Achievem. Cavalry ii. 20 The long-drawn-out battle [Marengo], which lasted over fourteen hours.
2. Having great longitudinal extension. Chiefly poet.
1750Gray Elegy 39 The long-drawn Isle and fretted Vault. 1804J. Grahame Sabbath 69 The long-drawn aisles, At every close, the lingering strain prolong. 1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi W. ii. 299 The long-drawn street. 1871R. Ellis tr. Catullus lxiv. 333 Trail ye a long-drawn thread and run with destiny, spindles. 1888Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 282 A long-drawn, thin echelon. |