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Webster 1913 Edition

Drawl

Drawl

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Drawled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Drawling
.]
[Prob. fr.
draw
: cf. D.
dralen
to linger, tarry, Icel.
dralla
to loiter. See
Draw
, and cf.
Draggle
.]
To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

Drawl

,
Verb.
I.
To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc.
Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a
drawling
and dreaming way about it.
Landor.

Drawl

,
Noun.
A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

Webster 1828 Edition

Drawl

DRAWL

,
Verb.
T.
To utter words in a slow lengthened tone.

DRAWL

,
Verb.
I.
To speak with slow utterance.

DRAWL

,
Noun.
A lengthened utterance of the voice.

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