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Same as Cross-spale.

ess, lack of spirit, affectation, etc. Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. Landor.

A housebreaker or thief. [Obs.] Old Play (1631).

The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl. -- Drawl"ing*ly, adv. Bacon.

Same as Drawbar (b).

A species of damask made on the drawloom.

Free from flaws. Boyle.

Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim. He needs no indirect nor lawless course. Shak.

See Mewl, and Miaul.

An awl. [Obs.] usser.

; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul, or pall.] Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass, to receive the strain of the pawls. -- Pawl rim or ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the pawls to catch in.…

In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.

See Crawl. [Obs.] Latimer.

One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.

abric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders. India shawl, a kind of rich shawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is woven in pieces, which are sewed together. -- Shawl goat (Zoöl.), the Cashmere goat.

To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva. Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it In vain, against the people's favorite. Swift.

That which is spawled, or spit out.

nd motions of the limbs; to scramble in creeping. The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame, down they tumbled. L'Estrange.

Small branches of a tree; twigs; sprays. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

See Squall.