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To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.

A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.

That which is drawn; as:

h men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats James ii. 6. The arrow is now drawn to the head. Atterbury.

Capable of being drawn.

hed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.

A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench.

A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal.

The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer.

That which is drawn; as:

The means or parts by which cars are connected to be drawn.

d material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn.

ned steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.

r the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door. How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother! Thackeray.

early to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Written also droitzschka, and droschke.]

A cringing, servile person; a fawner.

Capable of being drawn out [R.] Feltham.

Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. Dryden. -- Duc"tile*ly, adv. -- Duc"tile*ness, n.

The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments.

A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.