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<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Textile Manuf.)</fld> <def>The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Drawing</i> is used adjectively or as the first part of compounds in the sense of <i>pertaining to drawing</i>, <i>for drawing</i> (in the sense of pulling, and of pictorial representation); as, <i>drawing</i> master or <i>drawing</i>-master, <i>drawing</i> knife or <i>drawing</i>-knife, <i>drawing</i> machine, <i>drawing</i> board, <i>drawing</i> paper, <i>drawing</i> pen, <i>drawing</i> pencil, etc.</note>

<cs><col>A drawing of tea</col>, <cd>a small portion of tea for steeping.</cd> -- <col>Drawing knife</col>. <cd>See in the <er>Vocabulary</er>.</cd> -- <col>Drawing paper</col> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld>, <cd>a thick, sized paper for draughtsman and for water-color painting.</cd> -- <col>Drawing slate</col>, <cd>a soft, slaty substance used in crayon drawing; -- called also <altname>black chalk</altname>, or <altname>drawing chalk</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Free-hand drawing</col>, <cd>a style of drawing made without the use of guiding or measuring instruments, as distinguished from mechanical or geometrical drawing; also, a drawing thus executed.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Drawing knife, Drawknife</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw><hw>Draw"ing knife"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Draw"knife`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also <altname>drawshave</altname>, and <altname>drawing shave</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.</def>

<h1>Drawing-room</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Draw"ing-room`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>withdraw-ing-room</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; <as>as, to hold a <ex>drawing-room</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>He [Johnson] would amaze a <b>drawing-room</b> by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Drawing-room car</col>. <cd>See <cref>Palace car</cref>, under <er>Car</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Drawl</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drawl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Drawled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Drawling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Prob. fr. <ets>draw</ets>: cf. D. <ets>dralen</ets> to linger, tarry, Icel. <ets>dralla</ets> to loiter. See <er>Draw</er>, and cf. <er>Draggle</er>.]</ety> <def>To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.</def>

<h1>Drawl</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drawl</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a <b>drawling</b> and dreaming way about it. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drawl</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drawl</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.</def>

<h1>Drawlatch</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Draw"latch`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A housebreaker or thief.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Old Play (1631).</i>

<h1>Drawling</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drawl"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Drawl"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<i>Bacon.</i>