Part 3461

<h1>Drawlink</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Draw"link`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Drawbar</er> <sd>(b)</sd>.</def>

<h1>Drawloom</h1> <Xpage=453>

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

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns; -- called also <altname>drawboy</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A species of damask made on the drawloom.</def>

<h1>Drawn</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drawn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <def>See <er>Draw</er>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt></def>

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

<h1>Drawnet</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Draw"net`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet.</def>

<i>Crabb.</i>

<h1>Drawplate</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Draw"plate`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.</def>

<h1>Drawrod</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Draw"rod`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <def>A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train.</def>

<h1>Drawshave</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Draw"shave`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Drawing knife</er>.</def>

<h1>Drawspring</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Draw"spring`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <def>The spring to which a drawbar is attached.</def>

<h1>Dray</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dray</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A squirrel's nest.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Dray</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dray</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>dr\'91ge</ets> a dragnet, fr. <ets>dragan</ets>. <ets><?/<?/<?/<?/</ets>. See <er>Draw</er>, and cf. 2d <er>Drag</er>, 1st <er>Dredge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of sledge or sled.</def>