Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)

Displaying 1 result(s) from the 1913 edition:

Drawn (Page: 453)

Drawn (?), p. p. & a. See Draw, v. t. & i. Drawn butter, butter melter and prepared to be used as a sort of gravy. -- Drawn fowl, an eviscerated fowl. -- Drawn game ∨ battle, one in which neither party wins; one equally contested. -- Drawn fox, one driven from cover. Shak. -- Drawn work, ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern.

Displaying 1 result(s) from the 1828 edition:

DRAWN, pp. [See Draw.]

1. Pulled; hauled; allured; attracted; delineated; extended; extracted; derived; deduced; written.

2. Equal, where each party takes his own stake; as a drawn game.

3. Having equal advantage, and neither party a victory; as a drawn battle.

4. With a sword drawn.

5. Moved aside, as a curtain; unclosed, or closed.

6. Eviscerated; as a drawn fox.

7. Induced, as by a motive; as, men are drawn together by similar views, or by motives of interest.

Drawn and quartered, drawn on a sled, and cut into quarters.