Word Meanings - GROUPING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design.
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- DRAWER
An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. Chest of drawers. See under Chest. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, draws; as: One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom. Shak. One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good - DESIGN
drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace - DRAWCANSIR
A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully. The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. Addison. - DESIGNATE
Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck. - SCULPTURESQUE
After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture. - SCULPTURE
1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials. 2. Carved work - DRAW-CUT
A single cut with a knife. - DRAWEE
The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer. - DRAWROD
A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train. - ORNAMENTAL
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne. - DRAWBAR
An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train. A bar of iron with an eye at each end, - DRAW
draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth. dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. Drag, Dray a 1. To cause to move continuously by force - DRAWLINK
See - PAINTING
The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture. 3. Color laid on; paint. Shak. 4. A depicting by words; vivid representation - DRAWGLOVES
An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick. - PAINTER
A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. Totten. (more info) panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. ; painteir a net, gin, - RELATIVELY
In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely. Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively. I. Watts. - PAINTERSHIP
The state or position of being a painter. Br. Gardiner. - DESIGNATOR
An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates. - PAINTED
Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. Painted beauty , a handsome American butterfly , having a variety of bright colors, -- Painted cup , any plant of an American genus of herbs in which the bracts are - REPAINT
To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. - FOREDESIGN
To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne. - UNDRAW
To draw aside or open; to draw back. Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. Young. - FINEDRAW
To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. Marryat. - INDRAWN
Drawn in. - MISARRANGEMENT
Wrong arrangement. - IRRELATIVE
Not relative; without mutual relations; unconnected. -- Ir*rel"a*tive*ly, adv. Irrelative chords , those having no common tone. -- Irrelative repetition , the multiplication of parts that serve for a common purpose, but have no mutual dependence