Word Meanings - PILPUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Among the Jews, penetrating investigation, disputation, and drawing of conclusions, esp. in Talmudic study. -- Pil"pul*ist , n. --Pil`pul*is"tic , a.

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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
• INVESTIGATION
  The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge,
• 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,
• DISPUTATION
  1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument. 2. A rhetorical exercise in which
• 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.
• PENETRATING
  1. Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor. 2. Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind.
• 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
• PENETRATE
  akin to penitus inward, inwardly, and perh. to pens with, in the 1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness. 2. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to
• INTERPENETRATE
  To penetrate between or within; to penetrate mutually. It interpenetrates my granite mass. Shelley.
• 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.
• INDRAWN
  Drawn in.
• CHILD STUDY
  A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood.
• 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.
• 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.