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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.

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

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

or 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.

nearly 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.]

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.

The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.

An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance. Upton (Tactics).

A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23º 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.

or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research. Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. Waller.

ing a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic. Capable of being drawn out by force like a piece of elastic gum, and by its own elasticity ret…

A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of thi…

Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident. [Obs.] "An elicit act of equity." Jer. Taylor.

inal vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.

tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.

Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.