drawl 
This, while it added to intelligibility, would take from 
psalmody its tedious drawl. 
W. Mason, Eng. Church Musick, p. 223. 
drawlatcht (dra'lach), . A thief who practised 
somewhat in the manner of a sneak-thief, 
watching to see if the people of a house were 
absent, and then opening the door (drawing the 
latch) and taking what he could get. Ribton- 
Turner, Vagrants and Vagrancy. 
If I pepper him not, say I am not worthy to be cald a 
duke, but a drawlatch. Chettle, Hoffman. 
drawler (dra'ler), TO. One who drawls. 
Thou art no sabbath-drawfcr of old saws. 
Tennyson, Sonnet to J. M. K. 
draw-lid (dra'lid), n. A lid that slides in 
grooves. 
The box containing the selenium was laid on its side, 
and had a draw-lid which was kept closed except when 
exposure was made. Ure, Diet., IV. 791. 
drawlingly (dra'ling-li), adv. In a drawling 
manner; with a slow, hesitating, or tedious ut- 
terance. 
drawlingness (dra'ling-nes), . The quality of 
being drawling. 
draw-link (dra'lingk), n. A link for connect- 
ing two railroad-cars. 
draw-loom (dra'lom), n. A loom used in fig- 
ure-weaving. The warp-threads are passed through 
loops made in strings arranged in a vertical plane, a string 
to each warp-thread. The strings are arranged in sepa- 
rate groups, and are pulled by a draw-boy in the order 
required by the pattern, the groups being drawn up by 
pressing upon handles. It was the predecessor of the 
Jacquard loom. 
drawn (dran), p. a. 1. Undecided, from the 
fact that neither contestant has the advantage. 
If we make a draim game of it, or procure but moder- 
ate advantages, every British heart must tremble. 
Addison. 
If you have had a drawn battle or a repulse, it is the 
price we pay for the enemy not being in Washington 
Lincoln, in Raymond, p. 253. 
2. Eviscerated ; disemboweled : as, a drawn 
fowl. 3. Melted: as, drawn butter. 4. In 
needlework, gathered or shirred ; puckered by 
threads drawn through the material. 
The Queen was dressed in pink silk, over which was a 
lace dress, and wore a white drau-n gauze bonnet. 
First Year of a Silken Reign, p. 171. 
5. Freed from all particles of iron and steel by 
means of magnets : said of brass filings. 6. 
Having the sword drawn. 
Why, how now, ho ! awake ! Why are you drawn? 
Wherefore this ghastly looking? Shak., Tempest, ii. 1. 
At daggers drawn. See dagger^. Drawn and quar- 
tered, disemboweled and cut into four pieces. See draw, 
v. t., 14. Drawn brush, a small brush, such as a tooth- 
or nail-brush, in which the tufts of bristles are wound 
with wire and drawn into holes, the wire being sunk in 
narrow grooves in the back, which are then filled witli 
cement. Drawn Clay. See clay. Drawn lace, drawn- 
work. 
draw-net (dra'net), n. A net made of pack- 
thread, with wide meshes, for catching the 
larger sorts of birds. 
drawn- work (dran'werk), n. A kind of orna- 
mental work done in textile fabrics by cutting 
out, pulling out, or drawing to one side some of 
the threads of the fabric while leaving others, 
or by drawing all into a new form, producing a 
sort of diaper-pattern. This work was the original 
form of lace, the addition to it of needlework producing 
the simplest varieties of lace. The early name for this 
was cut-work. Modern drawn-work is generally left in 
simple patterns without the addition of needlework. 
Why is there not a cushion-cloth of drawn-work, 
Or some fair cut- work, pinn'd up in my bed-chamber, 
A silver and gilt casting-bottle hung by 't? 
Middleton, Women Beware Women, iii. 1. 
Creva drawn-work, a kind of drawn lace made in Bra- 
zil. Diet, of Needlework. 
draw-plate (dra'plat), n. 1. A drilled plate of 
steel or a drilled ruby through which a wire, or 
a metal ribbon or tube, is drawn to reduce its 
caliber and equalize it, or to give it a particu- 
lar shape. The holes in the plate are made somewhat 
conical, and where a considerable reduction in size is 
sought the wire or rod is passed in succession through a 
series of holes, each a little smaller than the preceding. 
2. A similar instrument for testing the ductil- 
ity of metals, consisting of an oblong piece of 
steel pierced with a diminishing series of grad- 
ually tapered holes. 
draw-point (dra'point), n. The etching-nee- 
dle when used on a bare plate ; a dry-point. 
E. H. Knight. 
draw-poker (dra'po"ker), . A game : same 
as poker. See poker 2 . 
draw-rod (dra'rod), n. A rod by which two 
draw-bars, or the drawing-gears at the opposite 
ends of a railroad-car, are joined. 
draw-spring (dra'spring), n. 1. An apparatus 
designed to counteract the recoil or shock when 
1764 
a tow-rope or cable breaks, it consists of a cylin- 
der, having a piston-rod to which india-rubber bands are 
fitted, and a chain to which the tow-rope of a boat or 
the cable of a ship at anchor is made fast. 
2. A spring connecting the draw-bar of a rail- 
road-car with the car, and designed to resist 
both tension and compression. 
draw-stop (dra'stop), n. In organ-building, the 
knob by which the slide belonging to a particu- 
lar set of pipes or stops is drawn and the wind 
admitted to that set, or by which a coupler is 
Kut in operation Draw-stop action, in organ- 
aiding, the entire mechanism of knobs, bars, angles, 
stickers, slides, etc., by which the stops and couplers are 
controlled. 
draw-taper (dra'ta/per), n. Same as delivery, 
10. Also called draft, draught. 
draw-timber (dra'tim // ber), n. One of two tim- 
bers at the end of a railroad-car beneath the 
frame, and generally extending from the end 
timber of the platform, in passenger-cars, to 
the bolster. In passenger-cars they mainly support the 
platform. In street-cars usually but one draw-timber is 
employed, and that is in the center of the car, and has the 
draw-bar attached to it. 
draw-tongs (dra'tongz), n.pl. An instrument 
for drawing fine wire. 
This method prevents plier-marks, and also preserves 
the shape of the wire intact, by dispensing with the use 
of draw-tongs, and this is of some importance in fancy 
wire-drawing. Goldsmith's Handbook, p. 104. 
draw-tube (dra'tub), . In a microscope, the 
tube which carries the eyepiece and object- 
glass. It consists of two parts, one sliding 
within the other, so that its length can be va- 
ried at will. Dana. 
draw-well 1 (dra'wel), n. A deep well from 
which water is drawn by a long cord or pole 
and a bucket. 
They've thrown him in a deep draw well, 
Full fifty fathoms deep. 
Earl Richard (Child's Ballads, III. 11). 
draw-well 2 (dra'wel), n. In old-fashioned fur- 
niture, a deep drawer in which valuables were 
kept. 
I wish, for their sakes, I had the key of my study out 
of my draw-well, only for five minutes, to tell you their 
names. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, vi. 30. 
dray 1 (dra), n. [E. dial, also dree; < ME. *dreye, 
a sledge, sled, < AS. draige, lit. that which is 
drawn, found only in the sense of 'drag-net' (= 
Sw. drag, a sledge, dray; cf. Icel. drag, the iron 
rim on the keel of a boat, or a sledge), < dra- 
gan = Sw. Icel. draga, etc., draw. The ME. 
sense seems to be of Scand. origin.] 1. A 
low, strong cart with stout wheels, used for 
carrying heavy loads. Also called dray-cart. 
It makes no difference . . . whether the conveyance 
was by wagons, drays, or cars. 
Soule vs. San Francisco Gaslight Co., 54 Cal., 241. 
2. A sledge; a sled; a rude sort of vehicle 
without wheels. [Eng.] 
dray 1 (dra), v. t. [< drayl, .] To carry or 
convey on a dray. 
All unclaimed goods . . . will be carted, drayed, or light- 
ered by responsible cartmen, draymen, or lightermen, etc. 
Lawn and Regulations of New York Customs Inspectors, 
[1883, p. 47. 
dray 2 (dra), n. [Origin obscure.] A squirrel's 
nest. Also written drey. 
The nimble squirrel noting here, 
Her mossy dray that makes. 
Drayton, Quest of Cynthia. 
The morning came, when neighbour Hodge, 
Who long had mark'd her airy lodge, . . . 
Climb'd like a squirrel to his dray, 
And bore the worthless prize away. 
Cowper, A Fable. 
dray 3 t An obsolete variant of deray. 
drayage (dra'aj), . [< dray 1 + -age.'} 1. The 
use of a dray; the act of haliling on a dray. 
Coal was . . . removed by defendant on cars run upon a 
tramway, . . . and was warehoused without being hauled 
on drays. This was held equivalent to drayage. 
Soule vs. San Francisco Gaslight Co., 64 Cal., 241. 
2. A charge for the use of a dray. 
dray-cart (dra'kart), n. Same as dray 1 , 1. 
dray-horse (dra'h6rs), n. A horse used for 
drawing a dray. 
drayman (dra'man), n. ; pi. draymen (-men). 
A man who drives and manages a dray. 
A brace of draymen bid God speed him well, 
And had the tribute of his supple knee. 
Shah., Rich. II., i. 4. 
To descend lower, are not our streets filled with saga- 
cious dray-men, and politicians in liveries? 
Spectator, No. 307. 
drazelt, n. Same as drossel. 
dread (dred), v.; pret. and pp. dreaded, formerly 
dread, dred, drad. [Early mod. E. also dred, 
dredde; < ME. dreden, pret. dredde, dred, rare- 
ly dradde, drad, pp. dred, rarely drad, < AS. 
dreadful 
*drosdan, only in comp. on-drcedan, d-drcedan, 
of-draidan, ONorth. on-dreda, usually reflex., be 
afraid, dread, = OS. an-drddan = OHG. n- 
trdtan, MHG. in-trdtcn, be afraid ; remoter ori- 
gin unknown.] I. trans. 1. To fear in a great 
degree ; be in shrinking apprehension or ex- 
pectation of: used chiefly with reference to 
the future : as, to dread death. 
Admonishing all the world how that he is to be dread and 
feared. J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 109. 
But what I drad, did me poor wretch betide, 
For forth he drew an arrow from his side. 
Greene, Sonnet. 
What the consequence of this will be, God onely knows, 
and wise men dread. Eoelyn, Diary, March 30, 1873. 
So have I brought my horse, by word and blow, 
To stand stock-still and front the fire he dreads. 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 264. 
2f. To cause to fear ; alarm ; frighten. 
This travelling by night in a desolate wilderness was 
little or nothing dreadful to me ; whereas formerly the 
very thoughts of it would seem to dread me. 
R. Knox (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 422). 
3f. To venerate; hold in respectful awe. 
This flour that I love so and drede. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 211. 
He was drad and loued in countreis abowte, 
Heyest & lowest hym Loved & alowte. 
Arthur (ed. Furnivall), 1. 116. 
II. intrans. To be in great fear, especially 
of something which may come to pass. 
Whan the princes and the Baronns herde the kynge thus 
speke, thei were somdell a-shamed, forthei dredde leste he 
sholde holde hem cowardes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 618. 
Dread not, neither be afraid of them. Deut. i. 29. 
dread (dred), n. [Early mod. E. also dred, 
dredde; < ME. dred, usually drede, fear, doubt ; 
from the verb.] 1. Great fear or apprehension; 
tremulous anticipation of or repugnance to the 
happening of something: as, the dread of evil; 
the dread of suffering ; the dread of the divine 
displeasure. 
Ac for drede of the deth I dar nougt telle treuthe. 
Piers Plowman (B), xv. 407. 
When Gaheries and Galashin saugh Agrauayn falle, 
thei hadde grete drede that he were slayn. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 199. 
Whence this secret dread, and inward horror, 
Of falling into nought? Addison, Cato, v. 1. 
2. Awe ; fear united with respect ; terror. 
The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon 
every beast of the earth. Gen. ix. 2. 
Shall not his excellency make you afraid ? and his dread 
fall upon you? Job xiii. 11. 
She turn'd her right and round about, 
Saye, "Why take ye sic dreads o' me ? " 
The Laird of Waristoun (Child's Ballads, III. 320). 
3. A cause or object of apprehension; the per- 
son or the thing dreaded. 
Let him be your dread. Isa. viii. 13. 
4f. Doubt. 
Ther shuln ye sen expresse, that no dred is 
That he is gentil that doth gentil dedis. 
Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 313. 
Out of dreadt, without doubt. Without dreadt, with- 
out doubt ; doubtless. = Syn. 1 and 2. Awe, affright, fright, 
terror, horror, alarm, panic. 
dread (dred), p. a. 1. Dreaded; such as to 
excite great fear or apprehension; terrible; 
frightful. 
If he will not yield, 
Rebuke and dread correction wait on us, 
And they shall do their office. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v.l. 
We will be dread thought beneath thy brain, 
And foul desire round thine astonished heart. 
Shelley, Prometheus Unbound, i. 1. 
2. That is to be dreaded or feared; awful; sol- 
emn ; venerable : as, dread sovereign ; a dread 
tribunal. 
Confounding Mighty things by meanes of Weak ; 
Teaching dum Infants thy drad Praise to speak. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 1. 
God of all Nations ! Sovereign Lord ! 
In thy dread name we draw the sword. 
0. W. Holmes, Army Hymn. 
dreadablet (dred'a-bl), a. [< dread + -able.] 
That is to be dreaded. Latham. 
dreader (dred'er), n. One who dreads, or lives 
in fear and apprehension. 
I have suspended much of my pity toward the great 
dreaders of popery. .SVn/f. 
dreadful (dred'ful), n. and n. [Early mod. E. 
also dreadfull, dredful; < ME. dredful, drcdeful ; 
I dread + -ful.~\ I. a. If. Full of dread or fear. 
"Certes, sir," seid Merlin, "in these two a-visions there 
is grete signiflcacion, and it is no wonder though ye ther- 
of be dredfull." Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 416. 
Dreadfull of daunger that mote him betyde. 
Spenser, F. Q., III. i. 37. 
2f. Full of respect, honor, or veneration. 
