Word Meanings - GYROMANCY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it. Brande & C.

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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
• CIRCLED
  Having the form of a circle; round. "Monthly changes in her circled orb." Shak.
• WALK-MILL
  A fulling mill. Halliwell.
• 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.
• AROUND
  1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town. 3. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took
• CIRCLE
  An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle. Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane
• WALK
  akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full, Icel. valka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll, Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; 1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps;
• BRANDER
  1. One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron. 2. A gridiron.
• DRAWN
  See PATTERN
• DRAWL
  To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.
• DRAWSHAVE
  See KNIFE
• PERFORMANCE
  The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty. Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. Paley.
• 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.
• SHOPWALKER
  One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.
• SIDEWALK
  A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.
• UNDRAW
  To draw aside or open; to draw back. Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. Young.
• SLEEPWALKER
  One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
• FINEDRAW
  To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. Marryat.
• INDRAWN
  Drawn in.
• TRACKWALKER
  A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.
• INCIRCLE
  See ENCIRCLE
• 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
• WITHDRAWAL
  The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. Fielding.