| • | The act of drawing or pulling |
| • | The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. |
| • | The drawing of a bowstring. |
| • | Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish. |
| • | The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking. |
| • | A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. |
| • | The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2) |
| • | The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation. |
| • | That which is drawn |
| • | That which is taken by sweeping with a net. |
| • | The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft. |
| • | The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation. |
| • | A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation. |
| • | An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft. |
| • | A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney. |
| • | That which draws |
| • | A team of oxen or horses. |
| • | A sink or drain; a privy. |
| • | A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet. |
| • | Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction. |
| • | The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught. |
| • | An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4. |
| • | A move, as at chess or checkers. |
| • | The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold. |
| • | See Draft, n., 7. |
| • | Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks. |
| • | Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. |
| • | Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses. |
| • | Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale, cider, and the like. |
| • | To draw out; to call forth. See Draft. |
| • | To diminish or exhaust by drawing. |
| • | To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing. |
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