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draw(1) (iou)



draw noun. LME.
[from the verb.]
The action or an act of drawing. LME.
Abingdon Herald The first draw of the day was in Flamborough, where a fox was killed.
b. The action of drawing a revolver from its holster in order to shoot. M19.
c. A suck at a pipe, cigarette, etc.; a smoke. Chiefly dial. & N. Amer. L19.
a. A drawer of a cabinet. US. L17.
b. (The movable part of) a drawbridge. US. L18.
An event in which lots are drawn, a raffle; an order of contestants etc. decided in this way; a lot drawn. M18.
luck of the draw: see LUCK noun.
Attractive power or effect; a person or thing drawing or able to draw custom, attention, etc. colloq. E19.
A. Wilson His name would still be a great draw for bourgeois audiences.
Something or someone used to elicit a person's knowledge or intentions; a person from whom such information may be extracted. arch. slang. E19.
Orig. draw game, draw race, etc. A game etc. which has ended without an outright winner; a drawn game. E19.
hold to a draw: see HOLD verb.
An amount drawn or drawn out etc. E19.
Hist. In cricket, a stroke to the leg side (no longer used) in which the batsman deflected the ball so that it passed between the wicket and his legs; a player positioned to field balls so hit. M19.
a. More fully draw poker. The standard form of the game of poker. M19.
b. The deal in poker after discarding. L19.
A shallow valley. US. L19.
A cavity inside cast metal resulting from shrinkage during solidification. E20.
Cannabis, esp. when smoked or prepared for smoking. slang. L20.