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drawing(1) (iou)



drawing noun. ME.
[from DRAW verb + -ING1. In branch II abbreviation of WITHDRAWING.]
I.
gen. The action of DRAW verb; an instance of this, esp. a raffle. ME.
deep drawing: see DEEP adverb.
Jeremy Taylor Little drawings aside of the curtains of peace. B. Webb There has been a rapid drawing together..of Liberals and Conservatives against Labour.
spec. The action of drawing a line on paper etc.; the art of representing or figuring by means of lines, esp. in monochrome; representation in which delineation of form is primary. LME.
out of drawing incorrectly drawn, esp. as regards perspective. technical drawing: see TECHNICAL adjective.
J. Reynolds Painting comprises both drawing and colouring.
A picture, diagram, or representation of something drawn in monochrome or in which delineation of form is primary. L17.
detail drawing, exploded drawing, working drawing, etc.
W. S. Maugham On the walls were drawings by the great French masters.
b. The arrangement of the lines in a drawing which determine form. M18.
Something which is drawn out or obtained by drawing; in pl., money drawn out of a business or account. M19.
drawing of tea an amount of tea leaves taken to make a pot of tea.
II.
= WITHDRAWING. Only in drawing-chamber below, DRAWING-ROOM. LME.
Comb.: drawing account an account from which money can be drawn, esp. against credited future earnings or an allowance of expenses; drawing-block a pad of drawing-paper; drawing-board: on which paper may be spread for drawing plans etc. on; back to the drawing-board (colloq.), back to begin afresh (after the failure of an enterprise); drawing-book a book for drawing in or containing designs to be copied; drawing-chamber a private room; a drawing-room; drawing-knife (a) a farrier's knife for trimming hoofs; (b) = draw-knife (a) s.v. DRAW-; drawing-master a teacher of drawing; drawing-paper stout paper for drawing on; drawing-pin: with a round flat head for fastening paper to a drawing-board etc.; drawing-string = draw string s.v. DRAW-.