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aters for the siege. Nahum iii. 14. I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet without drawing one drop of blood. Wiseman.

e drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench.

To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.

A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in. (b) pl.

ed. -- Drawn fox, one driven from cover. Shak. -- Drawn work, ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern.

See Drawing knife.

ge or sled. Halliwell. Dray cart, a dray. -- Dray horse, a heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray.

To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

The act of drawing out or bringing into view. Eduction pipe, and Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.

An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph.

A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. Ejector condenser (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.

se. Elliptic chuck. See under Chuck. -- Elliptic compasses, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. -- Elliptic function. (Math.) See Function. -- Elliptic integral. (Math.) See Integral. -- Elliptic polarization. See under Polarization.

A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles. Gross.

rom which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing.

at which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.

Act of drawing out ; exhaustion. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.

The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of…

The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.