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Webster 1913 Edition

Counterdraw

Counˊter-draw′

(kounˊtẽr-dra̤′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Counterdrew
(-drṳ′)
;
p. p.
Counterdrawn
(-dr?n′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Counterdrawing
.]
To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.

Webster 1828 Edition

Counterdraw

COUNTERDRAW

,
Verb.
T.
[counter and draw.] In painting, to copy a design or painting, by means of a fine linen cloth, an oiled paper, or other transparent matter, whereon the strokes appearing through, they are traced with a pencil. The same is done on glass, and with frames or nets divided into squares with silk or thread, or by means of instruments, as the parallelogram.

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