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Webster 1913 Edition


Drawn

Drawn

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Verb.
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Drawn butter
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butter melter and prepared to be used as a sort of gravy.
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Drawn fowl
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an eviscerated fowl.
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Drawn game
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Drawn battle
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one in which neither party wins; one equally contested.
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Drawn fox
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one driven from cover.
Shak.
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Drawn work
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ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern.

Webster 1828 Edition


Drawn

DRAWN

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[See Draw.]
1.
Pulled; hauled; allured; attracted; delineated; extended; extracted; derived; deduced; written.
2.
Equal, where each party takes his own stake; as a drawn game.
3.
Having equal advantage, and neither party a victory; as a drawn battle.
4.
With a sword drawn.
5.
Moved aside, as a curtain; unclosed, or closed.
6.
Eviscerated; as a drawn fox.
7.
Induced, as by a motive; as, men are drawn together by similar views, or by motives of interest.
Drawn and quartered, drawn on a sled, and cut into quarters.