drawingn.
/ˈdrɔː(r)ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdrɔɪŋ/, /ˈdrɑɪŋ/ I. Senses relating to pulling, extraction, or attraction.† 3. Criminals' slang. The action of taking a purse or other item when pickpocketing someone. Obsolete.
1. The action of draw v. (in various senses); pulling, traction; attraction; extraction. Also: an instance of this.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun]
drawingc1300
favourc1300
gracea1382
graciousnessa1425
likingnessc1450
allurement1548
allurance1574
seemliness1577
gracefulnessa1586
blandishment1594
attractiveness1622
takingness1652
engagingness1727
winningness1727
temptingness1802
cuteness1807
attachingness1808
winsomeness1825
beaux yeux1828
prepossessingness1876
enchantingness1879
aegyo1997
the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling
drawingc1300
draughta1398
pullinga1425
draggingc1440
halingc1440
lugging?a1500
attraction1578
toilingc1600
trainage1611
hale1615
traction1615
hauling1626
trail1674
tracting1780
haulage1826
pull1833
drawal1936
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] > instance of
drawingc1300
translationa1382
translate?1518
traductiona1533
version1582
conversion1586
metaphrase1594
rendering1637
traduct1647
upset1828
c1300 St. Lucy (Harl.) l. 136 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S.-Eng. Legendary (1956) 570 Summe þeȝ hit fewe beo mid lasse drawinge wolleþ gon.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 87 Þe pacient trauaileþ lich moch in drawinge and puttinge of breþ.
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 30 (MED) Þe firste profiȝt þat is in drawyng & wiþdrawynge [L. in extensione & contractione] of þe corde, þe fleisch schulde be as a pelewe vpon þe which he myȝt reste.
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) ii. li. 54 Synne..done..by drawyng and inclynacion of the freel flesshe.
1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) i. 13 Shotynge, and drawenge of the bowe.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) 1st Prol. 3 Of psalmes..ye may haue them of Rycharde hampoules drawynge.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xvijv Beastes mete for drawyng.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie 242 When huntesmen doe beate any Couerte with kennell houndes for any chase, it is called drawing of the Couert.
a1691 G. Fox Jrnl. (1952) (modernized text) 170 A Friend that lived in Ireland, having some drawings upon his Spirit to come over into England to see me, met with me.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 255 Some in drawing of Stone make use of Gun-powder.
1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 209 Clay..costs nothing but the Drawing.
1893 Times 14 July 11/4 At the drawing of stumps at 7 o'clock.
1967 O. Almeida Metalworking ix 155 Drawing causes work hardening so the wire must be softened often.
1984 Past & Present No. 105 39 This was in relation to hauling—that is, the drawing of goods by vehicle.
2007 J. F. Jekel et al. Epidemiol., Biostatics, & Preventive Med. (ed. 3) x. 157/1 Inference means the drawing of conclusions from data.
2. Textiles. Any of various manufacturing processes in which fibres or threads are drawn or pulled for straightening, cleansing, combing, etc.; (Weaving) the action or process of threading warp ends through the eyes of the heddles and the openings or dents of the reed in a loom; = drawing in n. Also: †a strand of wool, cotton, etc., drawn or pulled during such a process (obsolete).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > other processes
starching1390
drawing1579
lapper1732
animalization1783
gassing1822
stuff-presser1831
rot-steep1835
plating1843
oversizing1882
Schreinering1905
Schreinerizing1906
potting1920
tie-dye1926
ikat1931
pre-boarding1940
permanent press1944
stentering1946
1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. x. 21 The Persian, Spanish, or Italian working of silks, as spinning, twisting, weuing, sowing, imbroydring, aresing, counterfeyting, drawing, rasing, purling, buttoning, &c.
1656 T. Violet Proposals 58 To practise any the said Trades or Manufactures, or Drawing or Spinning of Gold or Silver Thread or Wyer.
1757 London Chron. 26 Nov. 506/1 A Number of Artificers in the severall Branches of Refining, Gilding, Drawing, Flatting, Spinning, &c. and several of the Engines and Tools necessary for carrying on the said Business.
1831 G. R. Porter Treat. Silk Manuf. 220 The next process is drawing or entering, which is passing each thread of the warp regularly through its appropriate loop in the heddle.
1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 29 The tender production of the carding-engine is subjected to the drawing-frames, which give a little more consistence and much greater length to the fleecy rope, now become a ‘drawing’.
1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 18/2 After the drawing is completed each way the threads remaining are overcast with fine, strong thread.
2001 L. Ulrich Age of Homespun ii. 87 Flatten it out, then tear a strip about an eighth of an inch wide. Gently pull on one end so that it grows longer and thinner. This step is called ‘drawing’.
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1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 8v In Figging Law... Taking the Purse, Drawing.
1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. Hv The taking of the purse is called Drawing.
4. The action of selecting the winning name, number, etc., in a lottery or raffle; an instance of this; = draw n. 7.
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1613 By His Maiesties Councell for Virginia (single sheet) We do purpose (God willing) to begin the drawing of this Lotterie the 10. day of May next.
1721 R. Samber tr. A. de La Motte 100 New Court Fables i. 123 When the Time of drawing came the Tickets were thrown into the Wheel and turned about to some Purpose.
1844 Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper 7 July 6/5 All raffles and drawings by chance are illegal.
1904 Secret Service 26 Feb. 4/1 Now, gents, the tickets for the raffle are all sold, and we're ready for the drawing.
2017 Tel. Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) (Nexis) 21 Aug. a2 The new jackpot for Wednesday's drawing is $650 million.
5. As a count noun. Something obtained by or resulting from drawing (sense 1); esp. (in plural) an amount of money taken as earnings by a shop, business, etc.; an amount of money withdrawn from an account.
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1829 S. Shaw Hist. Staffs. Potteries i. 11 Lime..mixed with the soil of the sides of the roads, gutter clods, ditchings, and the drawings off the butts of pastures.
1843 Leicester Chron. 7 Oct. Of that sum the partners' drawings amounted to £8,450, and had debts to £12,772.
1883 Harper's Mag. May 829/2 To these..is given the second drawing of the tea.
1950 Evening Tel. (Dundee) 23 Jan. 4/2 He took the box, which held a week's drawings from a shop belonging to the wife of the complainer.
2017 Revision Question Bank: F3/FFA Financial Accounting (ACCA) xxiii. 42 Goods taken from inventories by the proprietor were recorded by debiting drawings and crediting purchases with the cost of the goods.
II. Senses relating to drawing lines, pictures, etc.
6. † c. Drawing and Painting. A clear arrangement of lines determining the form of a shape or object, considered as a subject for drawing. Obsolete.
a. The art, activity, or skill of producing a picture or design by making lines or marks with a pencil, pen, or other implement; the action of making a line or shape in this way.See also life drawing n., out of drawing, technical drawing n.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > [noun]
tracingc1440
drawing1467
graphiology1880
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun]
tracingc1440
drawing1467
draught1551
protracture1551
delineation1570
proposition1584
delineating1603
protracting1661
iconography1678
graphic design1956
1467 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 420 (MED) Item, for capital drawynge iij. C. and di., the prise, iij. d. Item, for floryshynge of capytallis, V. C., v. d.
1498 Interpr. Names Goddis & Goddesses (de Worde) sig. Bi/1 Poetry & drawyng of pycture.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 215/1 Drawyng of an ymage, portraicture.
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. ii. 53 You must have a Gauge..for the drawing of straight Lines on your Scale.
1769 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1887) ii. 21 Painting comprises both drawing and colouring.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 697 Drawing, strictly speaking, includes only the art of forming the resemblance of objects by means of outlines; but it is usual to call those performances drawings, where only a single colour, as Indian ink, is employed to produce shades.
1868 J. Parton et al. Eminent Women of the Age 604 Her drawing sometimes so absorbed her that she did not notice the odd group that, after a while, gathered about her.
1985 P.C. Mag. 24 Dec. 255/1 Drawing Assistant..includes icons that simplify the drawing of lines, circles, ellipses, squares, and rectangles.
2008 M. D. Mattesi Force: Char. Design from Life Drawing 231 I first got involved in drawing at the age of six when I found an artist's original sketchbook laying in my backyard.
b. A picture or design made by making lines or marks with a pencil, pen, or other implement; a sketch.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > [noun] > a graphic representation
iconography1628
drawing1669
trace1744
tracing1811
bit map1973
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing
draughta1400
protract1585
drawing1669
trace1744
1669 S. Pepys Diary 23 Jan. (1976) IX. 424 Looking on my..pictures and my wife's drawings.
1778 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. 2 Jan. 1769 19 They first made a variety of sketches; then a finished drawing of the whole.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 303 We can readily understand how paintings in water colours came to be called simply ‘drawings’.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 4 Modern chalk drawings.
1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 68 Make a drawing of the alimentary system and its glands.
2009 Independent 8 Oct. (Life section) 6/1 So let me take you around an exhibition of my drawings, which is now live and clickable via my new website.
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1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty x. 58 Legs much swoln with disease..having lost their drawing, as the painters call it; that is, having their serpentine-lines all effaced, by the skin's being equally puffed up.
1881 A. F. Grace Course Landscape Painting in Oils 62 The late autumn is..good for sketching trees, as you can see their anatomy and drawing.
Phrases
Drawing. out of drawing: incorrectly or badly drawn, esp. in terms of perspective.
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1827 London Lit. Gaz. 21 July 475/3 While praising the portrait,..we must complain of the hand, which, to our eye, is out of drawing, and distorted in an extraordinary manner.
1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn viii. 108 Consider this arch. It's miserably out of drawing.
1939 A. Thirkell Before Lunch (1998) ix. 199 If Alister were really in love with Daphne she would not in any way discourage him, but it all looked out of drawing to her.
2005 P. Maynard Drawing Distinctions iv. 61/2 There is an expression in figurative drawing for a wrong start that leads to increasing distortion, like a mislaid course of bricks that ruins an entire wall: ‘out of drawing’.
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a. With following adverbs, forming nouns of action corresponding to adverbial combinations of the verb (see draw v. Phrasal verbs 1), as drawing back, drawing near, etc.
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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 53 For þe son beme..draweþ oute þe humours,..and by drawing oute of spirites makeþ hem coward of herte.
a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 40 (MED) Of þese þre..mai come a drawinge togidere [L. contractio] of a senewe þat is cause of a crampe.
1446 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. Introd. p. lvii (MED) A College for drawyng forth of maystres of gramer..in your vniuersite of Cambridge.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 215/1 Drawyng nere..approche.
1636 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 53 What shrinking and drawing back!
1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική iii. 71 Little drawings aside of the curtaines of peace and eternity.
1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 174 To..insult him upon his drawing off.
2012 Independent 2 Mar. 23/5 Vocal fry—the drawling, vibrating, drawing out of words in phrases such as ‘no waaaaaay’ and ‘oh my gaaaaahhhd’—was well on its way to becoming a language fad.
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drawing in n. Weaving the action or process of threading warp ends through the eyes of the heddles and the openings or dents of the reed in a loom; cf. sense 2.
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1843 Lowell (Mass.) Offering June 215 One of the writers..has had an opportunity to work at ‘drawing in’, (that is, drawing the threads through the harnesses).
1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses xi. 118 The weaver's beam is taken to the drawing-in department, where all the threads are drawn through the mails of the healds..and then passed through the dents of a weaving reed.
2018 K. Matthews Encycl. Dict. Textile Terms II. at Drawing machine The drawing-in begins by placing the weaver's beam, the harness and the row of healds on the proper anchor brackets, then the drawing-in program is typed in on the computer and the machine is started.
drawing up n. the action or an act of drawing up something (in various senses of to draw up); esp. the action of writing or compiling a list, an official document, etc.; an instance of this.
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society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [noun] > drawing up document
preparation?a1425
drawing up1523
makinga1556
redaction1616
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xl. f. lii The weyght and drawynge up of the draught gate.
1654 J. Chetwind Dead Speaking 53 A drawing up of a charge against God.
1780 Town & Country Mag. May 227 Upon the drawing up of the curtain, several officers appear seated round a table.
1816 J. Austen Emma I. v. 72 I have seen a great many lists of her drawing up . View more context for this quotation
1933 Rattle of Theta Chi Apr. 19/1 He took a leading part in the drawing up of the constitution.
2008 Church Times 1 Feb. 8/1 The Crown appointments adviser should work with our Appointments Secretary on the drawing up of a confidential memorandum.
C2. As a modifier, in various senses of branch I.† drawing bed n. Obsolete a low bed that can be stored under a larger bed and pulled out when needed; cf. draw bed n.
drawing account n. a bank account from which money may be withdrawn easily, a current account; (later also) an account for salary from which money may be withdrawn as credit against future earnings.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > bank-account
account1615
bank account1671
a/c1736
drawing account1737
private account1772
banking account1792
embankment1813
current account1846
savings account1850
deposit account1851
checking account1923
demand deposit1930
ghost account1933
numbered account1963
society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > other types of accounts
calends of exchangec1374
scorea1400
pipe1455
mensalc1475
profit and loss1553
stock1588
bank account1671
lump-account1699
revenue account1703
profit and loss account1721
sundry1736
drawing account1737
stock account?1768
private account1772
trading account1780
Flemish account1785
capital account1813
embankment1813
cost account1817
cash-credit1832
current account1846
savings account1850
deposit account1851
suspense account1869
control account1908
checking account1923
ghost account1933
numbered account1963
budget account1969
ISA1975
MSA1993
1737 Governor & Company Bank of Eng. v. C. Morice et al.: Appellants Case 1 The said Humphry Morice kept his Cash, and had a running or drawing Account with the Appellants for many Years before his Death.
1835 Penny Cycl. III. 385/2 Where a depositor has..a drawing account, the balance is struck every six months.
1962 S. Strand Marketing Dict. 223 Drawing account, a company's system of credit permitting withdrawals by salesmen against future commission earnings.
2015 Papua New Guinea Post-Courier (Nexis) 26 Jan. 6 The Department of Finance has yet to issue a warrant to the Bank of Papua New Guinea which will allow them to create a drawing account for the office.
drawing awl n. now somewhat rare an awl having an eye near the point, used esp. in leather-working to carry a thread through the hole as it is bored.
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1848 G. F. Duckett Technol. Mil. Dict. (rev. ed.) 77/1 A drawing-awl, (with a haft and hole near the point, for drawing thongs through work in harness-making).
1982 Dict. Mod. Engin. (ed. 4) 295/2 Drawing awl, Riemenahle.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > extensible bed
drawing bed1439
draw bed1463
1439 Will of William Lochard (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/3) f. 203v Lectos extendibiles vocatos drawyngbeddes.
drawing bench n. [compare earlier draw bench n. at draw- comb. form 1] (a) a workbench or machine used for the cold-working of rods or other pieces of metal, by reducing them to a specific shape, thickness, or size by forcing or pulling them through an aperture in a die; = draw bench n.; †(b) a cooper's draw horse (draw horse n. 2) (obsolete).Drawing benches are used especially for making wire.
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1765 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 3 May Consisting of six exceeding good turning laythes, drawing bench, skillets, and all sorts of tools.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 298/1 The drawing tool..is a heavy block of steel with a hole in the centre, fixed upon the substantial bed of the long drawing-bench.
1895 Cent. Dict. II. 1763/2 Drawing-bench, a bench or horse used in working with the coopers' drawing-knife.
2007 T. Mang & W. Dresel Lubricants & Lubrication (rev. ed.) xv. 597 Tube drawing is performed out on drawing benches.
drawing bridge n. [compare earlier drawbridge n.] now rare a drawbridge.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > moat > [noun] > draw-bridge
bridgec1275
tu-brugge1297
draught-bridgec1330
draughtc1400
drawbridgec1400
flying bridge1489
pont-levis1489
trap-bridge1585
drawing bridge1591
sluice1642
pont tornerec1650
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > lifting-bridge > draw-bridge
bridgec1275
tu-brugge1297
draught-bridgec1330
draughtc1400
drawbridgec1400
flying bridge1489
pont-levis1489
trap-bridge1585
drawing bridge1591
sluice1642
1591 A. Colynet True Hist. Ciuill Warres France ii. 55 To seaze vpon the drawing bridge, when he should come forth.
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 334 A dozen iron Gates, and drawing Bridges.
1829 London Encycl. VIII. 268/1 At Brussels, and in other parts of Flanders, they have a kind of drawing-bridges composed wholly of iron: they are made somewhat similar to our drawing-bridges, except that they are raised by a cast-iron wheel with cogs.
1989 F. Hartmann Introd. Boundary Elem. 1 A tie rod of a drawing bridge.
drawing cord n. now somewhat rare any of various cords used to draw or pull something; spec. a piece of cord fitted into material at the top of a bag, the waist of a garment, etc., which can be pulled tighter to make the opening smaller; a drawstring or drawcord.Earliest in figurative context.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > drawstring
drawing cord1645
knittle1847
society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > cord or string > draw-string
drawing string1575
drawing cord1645
running string1742
drawcord1820
drawstring1838
1645 J. Arrowsmith Englands Eben-ezer 4 When we stick fast in the mirie dungeon of sin and ignorance, he vouchsafeth to let down drawing cords of love for the helping of us out.
1686 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation (ed. 3) iii. 122 To the upper ends of the foremost staves fasten your Hand lines or drawing Cords..so..with little strength they may raise up the Nets and cast them over.
1857 Earl of Aldborough Specif. Patent Aerial Navigation1054 34 Those valves are closed by means of springs when not drawn open by drawing cords.
1861 Trans. N.Y. State Agric. Soc. 1860 20 185 The bandages are made with drawing cords in the edges, and..and the cords [when] drawn up snugly, will allow the cheese to spread..about one inch.
1910 Vogue 1 Mar. 38/3 A wrist bag of heavy Irish [lace], lined with white silk and closing with drawing cords of white silk.
2017 D. Baxter One Life at Time xi. 145 The mauve venetian blinds on the windows were torn and frayed, the drawing cords long ago ripped out of their moorings.
drawing engine n. Now historical a hoisting or winding mechanism or engine used to draw loads up an incline, the shaft of a mine, etc.
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1658 J. Streater tr. O. Magnus Compend. Hist. Goths, Swedes, & Vandals vi. v. 88 I must now shew how a very high Wheel, or drawing Engine is turned about by men or beasts going in it.
1860 W. Fordyce Hist. Coal 70 At the C Pit the drawing engine is of 30 horse power.
2011 T. S. Reynolds & V. P. Dawson Iron Will ii. 52 (caption) By this time steam-powered drawing engines were in use.
drawing-frame n. (a) a pulley mechanism or drawing engine with its surrounding frame or structure, for raising heavy loads up inclines or shafts; (b) a machine in which slivers of fibre from a carding machine are drawn out and attenuated through a series of rollers in preparation for spinning; = draw frame n. (b) at draw- comb. form 1.
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1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 7v Round pullies, Capres bearing out deuices, and Poliplasies, and drawing frames, and roped tryces.
?1783 J. Arbuthnot To Trustees of Linen Board 63 A double perpetual Carding Engine, A Drawing Frame, A Roving Frame.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 123 The important part which Arkwright's drawing-frame performs in a cotton-mill.
1847 Illustr. London News 10 July 19/3 The mill..contained from 70 to 100 spinning and drawing frames.
1905 Mining Reporter (Denver) 2 Mar. 237/1 The drawing frame, having three stories, lies with its central story at the level of the cross-cut.
2003 A. Fowler Lancs. Cotton Operatives & Work 28 Women tended to work on the stages of production after blowing and carding as tenters on the drawing frame, slub frame, rover or jack frame.
drawing glove n. a type of glove used in archery, worn on the hand which draws the bow; = draw glove n.
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1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 329/1 An archer, to be fully equipped, must have a drawing-glove to protect the fingers of the right hand.
1957 M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 151/1 Shooting glove, archer's glove fashioned to protect fingers. Also called drawing glove.
drawing hand n. Poker a hand that requires a particular card or cards to be drawn from the deck in order to become valuable, as opposed to a made hand (see made hand n.).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of hand
two bullets and a bragger1807
full1843
full hand1846
pat hand1865
blind hand1872
full house1879
blaze1880
tiger1889
kilter1895
drawing hand1910
bust1932
made hand1974
1910 J. London Burning Daylight ii, in Washington Herald 11 Sept. iii. 3/3 Straight flush of four, open at both ends—a good drawing hand.
2006 Guardian 6 Jan. ii. 25/2 There are various ways to play a drawing hand. You can bet or raise with it, attempting to disguise what you are up to.
drawing-machine n. (a) (in preparing fibre for spinning) a machine that elongates and attenuates slivers of cotton, wool, etc., typically by passing them between successive pairs of rollers revolving at different speeds; (b) a machine used for the cold-working of rods, sheets, or other pieces of metal, typically by reducing them to a specific shape, thickness, or size by forcing or pulling them through an aperture in a die; cf. drawing bench n. (a).
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1783 J. Arbuthnot Rep. Trustees of Linen Board 11 Arkwright's famous Perpetual Spinning Machinery, consisting of One Spreading Frame, One Preparing Machine, A Carding Machine, A Drawing Machine, A Roving Ditto, A Spinning Machine.
1824 Mechanics' Mag. 13 Nov. 115/2 When the pieces cut from slips of metal prepared from the drawing machine are pounded and weighed, which is telling the number of pieces in a pound Troy, sovereigns or half sovereigns, the variations from standard either way seldom exceed three grains Troy.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 296 The thimble is then..forced through the drawing-machine again.
1943 Sci. & Mech. Spring 38/2 Fed simultaneously, six slivers taken from the drawing machine are made into one strand by the rover.
2007 H. Tschätsch Metal Forming Practise xi. 105 This pointed end [of the tube to be drawn] is pushed through the drawing ring and then held tight by the gripper attached to the carriage of the drawing machine.
2019 R. Koerner Geotextiles iv. 72 In the drawing machine a group of slivers, each of the same known mass per unit length, is attenuated and converted to one output sliver of similar mass per unit length.
drawing plate n. a die containing a series of graduated apertures through which metal can be drawn, used with a draw bench, draw frame, or drawing machine; = draw plate n.
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a1728 T. Weston tr. Galileo Math. Disc. (1730) i. 78 So soon as this Rod [of Silver] is gilt, they begin to draw with a vast Strength, and force it thro' the Hole of the drawing Plate.
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 332 The drawing-plate, through which the wire passes.
2000 M. S. Bisson in M. S. Bisson et al. Anc. Afr. Metall. ii. 105 A long tapering iron needle was employed to gauge the holes in the drawing plate.
drawing press n. a machine for cutting and pressing sheet metal into a required shape.
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1860 J. Gibbon Artillerist's Man. xi. 363 These cups are annealed, and then passed through what is called the drawing-press, in which a punch pushes them through a die, increasing their length and decreasing their diameter.
1918 Trade Specif. & Index of Professions (U.S. War Dept.) (ed. 2) 167 Must be a skilled drawing press operator, practically experienced in the operation and use of presses for general sheet metal forming and especially for resizing cartridge and shell cases.
2012 P. Hu et al. Theories, Methods, & Numerical Technol. of Sheet Metal Cold & Hot Forming i. 3 Before the 1950s, the stamping line was composed of a double-action drawing press and several single-action drawing presses.
drawing roll n. (a) either of a pair of rolls between which wire may be passed as part of the drawing process (now rare); (b) (in preparing fibre for spinning) one of the rolls of a drawing machine between which slivers of cotton, wool, etc., pass in the process of being drawn.
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1838 Sheffield Independent 14 July 1 Vices, pair of Drawing Rolls.
1839 U.S. Patent 1,259 5/2 This machine when set up will be about 4 feet in length, 2 feet wide and 3 feet 6 inches high to the top of the drawing rolls.
1938 W. Von Bergen & H. R. Mauersberger Amer. Wool Handbk. 415 The name, ‘Porcupine’, is associated with French drawing because brass porcupine rollers, studded with fine steel pins are employed between the front and back drawing rolls.
1996 V. Stoiljkovic et al. in E. Kuljanic Adv. Manuf. Syst. & Technol. 382 The feed value that cannot be shown in its real value is expressed through the drawing rolls diameter.
2003 G. Reese in J. Scheirs & T. E. Long Mod. Polyesters v. 420 The former simplifies handling, but can require very high final roll speeds since the drawing rolls must operate at several times the spinning speed.
drawing string n. now somewhat rare = drawstring n.; (also) a piece of cord or string passed through the eyelets or heading of a curtain, on which it may be suspended instead of a rod.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > cord or string > draw-string
drawing string1575
drawing cord1645
running string1742
drawcord1820
drawstring1838
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxix. 191 He that would hunte a Badgerde, must..stoppe all the holes but one or two, & in those let him set sacks or pokes fastned with some drawing string.
1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn II. xviii. 225 Faces shortened as if with drawing-strings.
1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. iv. 51 Dimity curtains on a drawing-string.
1913 E. Lyon How to keep Bees for Profit vi. 69 The drawing-strings at the bottoms of the legs of the overalls will effectively exclude the bees that may be in the grass.
2010 U.S. Patent Applic. 2010/0206495 A1 1/1 The present invention relates to a Roman curtain device, and more particularly to a Roman curtain device that accommodates multiple drawing strings inside.
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a. As a modifier, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or used in the art or activity of drawing (sense 6)’.Recorded earliest in drawing book n.See also drawing board n., drawing box n. 2, drawing table n. 2.
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1672 Eng. Mil. Discipline (title page) Sold by John Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, where you may have the best choice of all sorts of Maps, Copy Books French and Dutch Prints.., Drawing Books.
1755 J. A. Rouquet Present State Arts in Eng. 23 The English artists have established a public drawing school in London.
1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. II. 604 The wood..is converted into charcoal for making gunpowder and drawing pencils.
1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 63 2 Reams Drawing Atlas.
1871 C. Lever Ld. Kilgobbin II. viii. 75 Nina..directed him to unpack the carriage, and take out her easel and her drawing materials.
1917 Bull. Cleveland Museum Art Aug. 103 One class a day is sent to the Museum for a drawing lesson from Museum material.
2014 Brit. Mus. Mag. Spring 11/1 The varied and multi-directional pen cross-hatching..is typical of Passarotti's drawing style.
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drawing block n. a block or pad of drawing paper.
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1852 Standard 29 July (advt.) The following articles left in Hackney and Metropolitan stage carriages were deposited in the Public Carriage Department... 4176 Drawing Block.
1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. 7 Daphne produced her drawing-block, and opened her colour-box.
1996 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 22 July 10 More than 180 primary school pupils, armed with drawing blocks, crayons and colour pencils, participated in a drawing competition at Stadium Indera Mulia this morning.
drawing book n. a book about drawing, or containing drawings to be copied; (also) a book of blank pages used for drawing.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > surface for painting or drawing > paper > drawing book
drawing book1672
flower-book1753
sketchbook1837
block1865
sketching-block1865
sketch-pad1961
1672 Eng. Mil. Discipline (title page) Sold by John Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, where you may have the best choice of all sorts of Maps, Copy Books French and Dutch Prints.., Drawing Books.
1728 Catal. Maps, Prints, Bks., Bks. Maps 33 A new Drawing Book necessary for the Practice of all young Beginners in the Art of Painting, Drawing, Engraving, &c.
1863 M. L. Whately Ragged Life Egypt xvi. 152 I came down with a drawing-book to sit near the door.
1939 Western Gaz. 1 Sept. 11/5 Jennifer came home from school with a new drawing book.
2018 Bangalore Mirror (Nexis) 9 Oct. His mother gave him a drawing book and a pencil and taught him the basics of shading.
drawing compass n. a pair of compasses used for drawing circles or arcs, having a pencil or pen at the end of one arm; frequently in plural (drawing compasses) in the same sense.
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1805 T. Hodson & J. Dougall Cabinet of Arts i. i. 4 The common drawing compasses, and the moveable points, have already been described.
1915 Rudder Feb. 43/2 Take the drawing compass and describe on a sheet of paper a circle having a diameter of six inches.
2015 Windsor (Ont.) Star (Nexis) 27 Aug. a6 A group of middle-school students with drawing compasses could have more logically assigned the new mailboxes.
drawing paper n. paper suitable for drawing on, which is usually strong and of good quality.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > surface for painting or drawing > paper
plain paper1662
cartridge-paper1712
drawing paper1735
Poona paper1829
pounce paper1858
not1859
Whatman1880
art paper1898
Ingres paper1910
1735 Fog's Weekly Jrnl. 7 June Best Black Lead Pencils and Drawing Paper.
1804 Count Rumford in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 94 135 A circular piece of thick drawing-paper.
1907 Daily Mail (Hull) 7 Jan. 5/4 We will award five shillings for the best copy in pencil on drawing paper (not traced) of the figure of Hilda in the picture.
2017 Times (Nexis) 9 Sept. 34 I like the idea of using proper drawing paper that absorbs pencil or ink perfectly, but that's perforated so that I can easily tear pages out.
drawing pen n. a pen designed for or suitable for drawing; formerly spec. one having an adjustable screw near the nib allowing the user to draw lines of varying thicknesses, used in technical drawing.
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Drawing-pen, an Instrument..to draw Lines finer or thicker.
1882 Art Amateur 7 13/1 A set of small curves are of great use for guiding the drawing pens while inking-in the lines of scrolls and other ornaments.
1944 G. E. Mitchell in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder xi. 349/1 The following drawing instruments are essential: (a) drawing pen; (b) dividers; (c) compasses with extension bar for use with pen or pencil.
2003 Math. in School 32 34/2 Either a drawing pen or a propelling pencil fit the holes readily.
drawing program n. Computing an application that allows users to create and manipulate digital graphics, especially in vector graphics formats; cf. paint program n.
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1966 W. R. DeHaan in Proc. SHARE Design Automation Project 4-1 Before discussing the drawing program, an outline of the design procedures employed for digital equipment will be presented.
2005 N. Gershenfeld FAB 123 Bitmap- or pixel-based drawing programs manipulate an image just as a piece of paper does, by recording how much electronic ink is stored in each part of the page.
2021 University Wire (Nexis) 25 Mar. Drawing programs have such a large amount of options and tools that trying to find out what they all do and how they all connect is overwhelming.
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drawingadj.
/ˈdrɔː(r)ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdrɔɪŋ/, /ˈdrɑɪŋ/ 1. Medicine. Of a medicinal preparation: that attracts morbid material; spec. that brings pus or foreign bodies to the surface of the skin. Now somewhat rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > drawing
drawinga1398
attractivea1400
extractive1599
attractory1641
eductive1657
epispastic1657
attrahent1661
trahent1661
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. lxix. 436 Ȝif þe matere is ihidde depe wiþinne, þanne he vsiþ drawinge medicines.
c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 55 (MED) Lay vpon hem [sc. the botches] good drawyng salue, and he shal be hool.
1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale f. 38 And vpon ye Apostume, you shall apply continually mollifying & drawing medicins, in dooing what may be to bring him to suppuration.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 62/2 Her Physician..applied remollient, heating and drawing things [L. nam medicus..remollientibus, calefacientibus & attrahentibus usus].
1795 Hull Advertiser 17 Oct. 1/4 A drawing plaister was speedily applied.
1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 302/2 Substances, which, when applied to a wound.., promote suppuration..are vulgarly termed drawing.
1926 Conkey's Poultry Bk. (G. E. Conkey Co.) 64 Pierce the skin and press out the pus; bind the foot with a good drawing poultice.
2005 N. Phillips & M. Phillips Herbalist's Way viii. 268/1 Plantain is an excellent drawing poultice.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by drawing along > [adjective]
drawing1399
tractory1684
towing1795
tractile1839
1399 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1399/1/17 All gudis, catale and landys..owtane qwhite schepe, rydin hors and drawyn oxin.
1493 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 178/1 The clame of xv drawin oxin, thre ȝong oxin, ten ky.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Rviii Drawyng and bearyng beastes.
1683 London Gaz. No. 1810/4 A brown bay drawing Gelding.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 107 Taken from a drawing Ox, who kicks when his is prick'd by the Goad.
1881 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 10 81 The point where the developments of the plough and carriage join, is in the way of attaching the drawing oxen or horses.
3. Having the quality of attracting people or things; attractive; (later esp.) that attracts a crowd or audience. Cf. drawing card n.Frequently in drawing power, perhaps now understood as a compound of drawing n., with the sense ‘power of drawing’.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective]
gracious1340
glorious skinnyc1400
drawing1435
gracefulc1449
attrayant1477
well-favoured1539
alluring1567
graceda1586
attracting1589
attractive1592
winning1596
appealing1598
taking1603
allicient1613
enchantinga1616
motive1615
temptinga1616
allurant1631
catchinga1640
gaining1642
canny1643
charmful1656
charming1664
mignon1671
disarminga1718
prepossessing1737
seducing1749
seductive176.
eye-catching1770
sweet1779
catchy1784
attaching1785
engaging1816
cute1834
cunning1843
taky1854
cynosural1855
smart1860
fetching1880
seductious1883
fruity1900
barry1923
hot stuff1928
swoony1934
dishy1961
dolly1964
jiggy1996
aegyo2007
society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [adjective] > that attracts a large crowd
drawing1959
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 91 Þe knot vnlousyd of drawynge frenschyp sal comforth heuynes of bodily sondyrynge.
c1450 (?c1425) E. Hull tr. Seven Psalms (1995) 118 Þen he..pesyth ous by þe suete drawyng melodye of holy wryt that al-weyes syngyth to ous.
1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 162v She was of goodly personag, her aspect sweet and drawing.
1669 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 181 It had a very taking and drawing Glory in it.
1747 R. Erskine Christ's Treasures 33 Under the drawing Power of the Spirit.
1894 W. T. Vincent Recoll. Fred Leslie I. ix. 155 A salary adequate to his ‘drawing’ capacity.
1959 News Chron. 9 Dec. 3/1 More than any other guest singer on the Covent Garden list, Maria Callas has the biggest drawing power and means the biggest business.
2018 @verageGatsby 14 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Dec. 2018) The drawing power of something so trivial to some really is amazing at times.
4. That draws (in various other senses of draw v.); esp. (of a cut) made by inserting the blade and drawing it across something; slicing (cf. draw cut n.).
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1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxiv. 179 Wee take them..with a drawing Ferret when they be yong.
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 315 A deep drawing Vessel.
1771 A. Lonnergan Fencer's Guide 203 Turn my wrist to an inside, and make a Drawing-cut at the left of your face.
1892 L. Rondelle Foil & Sabre iv. 204 Cutting the upper side of the arm with a drawing slash.
2013 M. Jecks Templar's Acre x. 72 Here men use curved blades, and a drawing cut.
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