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A driving; a violent movement. The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings. King Alisaunder (1332).

One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. Prior.

ut thou feignest them out of thine own heart. Neh. vi. 8. The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. Shak.

To defy; to challenge. [Obs.] L. Andrews.

led. This said, he led me over hoults and hags; Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew. Fairfax.

plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. Percy Smith. As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson. Harlequin bat (Zoöl.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots. -- Harleq…

es with up and out. I will hedge up thy way with thorns. Hos. ii. 6. Lollius Urbius . . . drew another wall . . . to hedge out incursions from the north. Milton.

Not concrete. [R.] L. Andrews.

materials. "With a writer's inkhorn by his side." Ezek. ix. 2. From his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn. Longfellow.

Purposed; designed; as, intended harm or help. They drew a curse from an intended good. Cowper.

A merry-andrew; a buffoon. Milton.

A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool. This . . . was Yorick's skull, the king's jester. Shak. Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear. Longfellow.

on of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men. L. Andrews.

A noun having only one case. Andrews.

or time, or in the course of events; near. He was sick, nigh unto death. Phil. ii. 27. He drew not nigh unheard; the angel bright, Ere he drew nigh, his radiant visage turned. Milton.

oun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials. Andrews.

A merry-andrew; a buffoon. [Obs.] Addison.

A large building, or mass of buildings. The pile o'erlooked the town and drew the fight. Dryden.

ising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross. (b) pl.

A bag; a sack; a pocket. "He drew a dial from his poke." Shak. They wallowed as pigs in a poke. Chaucer.