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Word Meanings - STRATARITHMETRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, in any geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the number of men in such a figure.

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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
  • 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.
  • NUMBERFUL
    Numerous.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • EXPRESSURE
    The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation. An operation more divine Than breath or pen can give expressure to. Shak.
  • DRAWHEAD
    The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to the drawgear.
  • EXPRESS TRAIN
    Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; a special train; now, a train run at express or special speed and making few stops.
  • ESTIMATION
    1. The act of estimating. Shak. 2. An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities. If he be poorer that thy
  • EXPRESSIVE
    1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude. Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. Tickell. 2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning
  • ESTIMATE
    1. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic , or intrinsic , value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents
  • 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.
  • 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
  • INEXPRESSIBLY
    In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. Spectator.
  • CONFIGURE
    To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. Bentley.
  • WIDMANSTATTEN FIGURES; WIDMANSTAETTEN FIGURES
    Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstätten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite.
  • 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.

 

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