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A taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.] The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl. Bacon.

Tending to detractor draw. [R.]

with, dew. A dewy mist Went and watered all the ground. Milton. When dewy eve her curtain draws. Keble.

A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts.

A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.

A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale.

The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule.

ted by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve.

Diametral surface (Geom.), any line or surface which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve or surface. -- Diametral planes (Crystal.), planes in which two of the axes lie.

To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. "If you diaper on folds." Peacham.

The act of drawing apart; separation.

h plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.

A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the heat generated ignites the fuel (usually crude oil), the fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency.

Without dimensions; marking dimensions or the limits. Who can draw the soul's dimensive lines Sir J. Davies.

hed, or Diminishing, scale, a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute. Gwilt. -- Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge, for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft. -- Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one part th…

or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again. The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. Lev. iv. 6. [Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny deep. Pope. While the prime swallow dips his wing. Tennyson.

To draw back, or cause to draw back. [Obs.] Spenser.

isible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown). Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince. Shak. Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Bacon. We will discover ourselves unto them. 1 Sam. xiv. 8. Discove…

To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. [R.] "Her disemboweled web." J. Philips.

To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails. [Obs.] As if he thought her soul to disentrail. Spenser.