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Word Meanings - PROTENSION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A drawing out; extension. Sir W. Hamilton.

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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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • DRAWGLOVES
    An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick.
  • DRAWN
    See PATTERN
  • DRAWL
    To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.
  • DRAWSHAVE
    See KNIFE
  • DRAWBORE
    A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together. Weale.
  • DRAWHEAD
    The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to the drawgear.
  • DRAWING-ROOM
    1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room. 2. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room. He would amaze a drawing-room
  • DRAWING KNIFE; DRAWKNIFE
    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. (more info) 1. A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing
  • DRAWBOY
    A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also, a part of power loom that performs the same office.
  • EXTENSIONIST
    One who favors or advocates extension.
  • EXTENSION
    That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space. (more info) 1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
  • HAMILTON PERIOD
    A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.
  • UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
    The extension of the advantages of university instruction by means of lectures and classes at various centers.
  • 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.
  • COEXTENSION
    The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
  • INDRAWN
    Drawn in.
  • WIREDRAW
    To pass, or to draw off, through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction. (more info) 1. To form into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel. 2. Hence, to draw by art or violence. My sense
  • INEXTENSION
    Want of extension; unextended state.
  • WITHDRAWAL
    The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. Fielding.
  • WITHDRAW
    1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like. Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. Hooker. 2. To
  • WITHDRAWER
    One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts.

 

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