| slovo | definícia |
curtain
(mass) | curtain
- opona |
curtain
(encz) | curtain,clona Zdeněk Brož |
curtain
(encz) | curtain,lamela závěrky fotoaparátu jakr |
curtain
(encz) | curtain,opona n: Zdeněk Brož |
curtain
(encz) | curtain,záclona n: Zdeněk Brož |
curtain
(encz) | curtain,zástěna Zdeněk Brož |
curtain
(encz) | curtain,závěs n: Zdeněk Brož |
Curtain
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\ (k[^u]r"t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin,
curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina,
curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small
inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See
Court.]
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1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and
admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at
pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a
bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a
movable screen for concealing the stage.
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2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
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4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
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A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance.
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Curtain
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtained
(k[^u]r"t[i^]nd; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.]
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
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So when the sun in bed
Curtained with cloudy red. --Milton.
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curtain
(wn) | curtain
n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
[syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall]
2: any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of
secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"
v 1: provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms" |
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air curtain
(encz) | air curtain,vzduchová bariéra [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
closing curtain
(encz) | closing curtain, n: |
curtain call
(encz) | curtain call, |
curtain lecture
(encz) | curtain lecture, n: |
curtain off
(encz) | curtain off,oddělit přepážkou Zdeněk Brožcurtain off,oddělit záclonou Zdeněk Brož |
curtain raiser
(encz) | curtain raiser, n: |
curtain raising
(encz) | curtain raising, n: |
curtain ring
(encz) | curtain ring, n: |
curtained
(encz) | curtained, adj: |
curtainless
(encz) | curtainless, adj: |
curtains
(encz) | curtains,záclony n: pl. Zdeněk Brožcurtains,závěsy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
double hydraulic curtain
(encz) | double hydraulic curtain,dvouřadová hydraulická clona (vodní
hospodářství) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
drop curtain
(encz) | drop curtain, n: |
hydraulic curtain
(encz) | hydraulic curtain,hydraulická clona (vodní hospodářství) [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
iron curtain
(encz) | iron curtain, n: |
protection curtain
(encz) | protection curtain,ochranná clona (vodní hospodářství) [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
safety curtain
(encz) | safety curtain,bezpečnostní opona n: v divadle (ohnivzdorná, často
kovová) sheeryjay |
shower curtain
(encz) | shower curtain, n: |
theater curtain
(encz) | theater curtain, n: |
theatre curtain
(encz) | theatre curtain, n: |
uncurtained
(encz) | uncurtained, adj: |
water curtain
(encz) | water curtain,hydraulická clona (vodní hospodářství) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
Behind the curtain
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\ (k[^u]r"t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin,
curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina,
curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small
inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See
Court.]
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1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and
admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at
pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a
bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a
movable screen for concealing the stage.
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2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
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4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
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A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance.
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Curtain
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\ (k[^u]r"t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin,
curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina,
curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small
inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See
Court.]
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1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and
admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at
pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a
bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a
movable screen for concealing the stage.
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2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
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4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
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A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance.
[1913 Webster]Curtain \Cur"tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtained
(k[^u]r"t[i^]nd; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.]
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
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So when the sun in bed
Curtained with cloudy red. --Milton.
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Curtain lecture
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\ (k[^u]r"t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin,
curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina,
curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small
inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See
Court.]
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1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and
admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at
pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a
bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a
movable screen for concealing the stage.
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2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
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4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
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A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance.
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Curtained
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtained
(k[^u]r"t[i^]nd; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.]
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
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So when the sun in bed
Curtained with cloudy red. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]curtained \curtained\ (k[^u]r"t[i^]nd; 48), adj.
furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies; as, a
curtained alcove. Opposite of curtainless.
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curtained
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtained
(k[^u]r"t[i^]nd; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.]
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
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So when the sun in bed
Curtained with cloudy red. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]curtained \curtained\ (k[^u]r"t[i^]nd; 48), adj.
furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies; as, a
curtained alcove. Opposite of curtainless.
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Curtaining
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtained
(k[^u]r"t[i^]nd; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.]
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
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So when the sun in bed
Curtained with cloudy red. --Milton.
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curtainless
(gcide) | curtainless \curtainless\ adj.
not provided with curtains; as, blank, curtainless windows
stared back at her. Opposite of curtained.
Syn: uncurtained.
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Drop curtain
(gcide) | Drop \Drop\ (dr[o^]p), n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS.
dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw.
droppe; and Fr. AS. dre['o]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS.
driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel.
drj[=u]pa. Cf. Drip, Droop.]
1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical
mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest
easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as,
a drop of water.
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With minute drops from off the eaves. --Milton.
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As dear to me as are the ruddy drops
That visit my sad heart. -- Shak.
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That drop of peace divine. --Keble.
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2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid
drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass
pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes
medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.
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3. (Arch.)
(a) Same as Gutta.
(b) Any small pendent ornament.
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4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an
elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering
something; as:
(a) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that
part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he
is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.
(b) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages,
coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.
(c) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.
(d) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage
of a theater, etc.
(e) A drop press or drop hammer.
(f) (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the
base of a hanger.
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5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops;
as, lavender drops.
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6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied
to the courses only. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
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Ague drop, Black drop. See under Ague, Black.
Drop by drop, in small successive quantities; in repeated
portions. "Made to taste drop by drop more than the
bitterness of death." --Burke.
Drop curtain. See Drop, n., 4.
(d) .
Drop forging. (Mech.)
(a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer.
(b) The process of making drop forgings.
Drop hammer (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up
metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar
device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on
an anvil or die.
Drop kick (Football), a kick given to the ball as it
rebounds after having been dropped from the hands.
Drop lake, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. --Mollett.
Drop letter, a letter to be delivered from the same office
where posted.
Drop press (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke
hammer; -- also called drop.
Drop scene, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See
Drop, n., 4.
(d) .
Drop seed. (Bot.) See the List under Glass.
Drop serene. (Med.) See Amaurosis.
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Encurtain
(gcide) | Encurtain \En*cur"tain\, v. t.
To inclose with curtains.
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Incurtain
(gcide) | Incurtain \In*cur"tain\, v. t.
To curtain. [Obs.]
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The curtain falls
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\ (k[^u]r"t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin,
curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina,
curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small
inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See
Court.]
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1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and
admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at
pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a
bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a
movable screen for concealing the stage.
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2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
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4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
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A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance.
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The curtain rises
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\ (k[^u]r"t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin,
curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina,
curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small
inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See
Court.]
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1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and
admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at
pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a
bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a
movable screen for concealing the stage.
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2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
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4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
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A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance.
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To draw a curtain
(gcide) | draw \draw\ (dr[add]), v. t. [imp. Drew (dr[udd]); p. p.
Drawn (dr[add]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Drawing.] [OE.
dra[yogh]en, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to
Icel. & Sw. 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. [root]73. Cf. 2d Drag, Dray a
cart, 1st Dredge.]
1. To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance
of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to
cause to follow.
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He cast him down to ground, and all along
Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse.
--Spenser.
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He hastened to draw the stranger into a private
room. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the
judgment seats? --James ii. 6.
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The arrow is now drawn to the head. --Atterbury.
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2. To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to
exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself;
to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.
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The poet
Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and
floods. --Shak.
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All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart.
--Dryden.
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3. To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract;
to educe; to bring forth; as:
(a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some
receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from
a cask or well, etc.
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The drew out the staves of the ark. --2 Chron.
v. 9.
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Draw thee waters for the siege. --Nahum iii.
14.
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I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet
without drawing one drop of blood. --Wiseman.
(b) To pull from a sheath, as a sword.
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I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy
them. --Ex. xv. 9.
(c) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
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Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of
vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of
themselves. --Cheyne.
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Until you had drawn oaths from him. --Shak.
(d) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from
evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to
derive.
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We do not draw the moral lessons we might from
history. --Burke.
(e) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call
for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw
money from a bank.
(f) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to
receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the
numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good
fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize.
(g) To select by the drawing of lots.
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Provided magistracies were filled by men freely
chosen or drawn. --Freeman.
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4. To remove the contents of; as:
(a) To drain by emptying; to suck dry.
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Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the
milk as fast as it can generated. --Wiseman.
(b) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a
fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.
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In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe.
--King.
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5. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence,
also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave.
"Where I first drew air." --Milton.
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Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. --Dryden.
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6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch;
to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.
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How long her face is drawn! --Shak.
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And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the
mouth of Wye to that of Dee. --J. R. Green.
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7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface;
hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument
of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or
picture.
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8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture
of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to
represent by words; to depict; to describe.
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A flattering painter who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
--Goldsmith.
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Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move,
Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power? --Prior.
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9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw
a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.
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Clerk, draw a deed of gift. --Shak.
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10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating;
-- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a
ship draws ten feet of water.
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11. To withdraw. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Go wash thy face, and draw the action. --Shak.
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12. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term.
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13. (Games)
(a) (Cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at
the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect
the ball between the legs and the wicket.
(b) (Golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so
that it is deflected toward the left.
(c) (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center
so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it
to take a backward direction on striking another
ball.
(d) (Curling) To throw up (the stone) gently.
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14. To leave (a contest) undecided; as, the battle or game
was drawn. "Win, lose, or draw."
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Note: Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its
original sense, to pull, to move forward by the
application of force in advance, or to extend in
length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or
continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but
we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance
by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We
may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with
slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a
bar of metal by continued beating.
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To draw a bow, to bend the bow by drawing the string for
discharging the arrow.
To draw a cover, to clear a cover of the game it contains.
To draw a curtain, to cause a curtain to slide or move,
either closing or unclosing. "Night draws the curtain,
which the sun withdraws." --Herbert.
To draw a line, to fix a limit or boundary.
To draw back, to receive back, as duties on goods for
exportation.
To draw breath, to breathe. --Shak.
To draw cuts or To draw lots. See under Cut, n.
To draw in.
(a) To bring or pull in; to collect.
(b) To entice; to inveigle.
To draw interest, to produce or gain interest.
To draw off, to withdraw; to abstract. --Addison.
To draw on, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. "War which
either his negligence drew on, or his practices procured."
--Hayward.
To draw (one) out, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and
feelings of another.
To draw out, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread
out. -- "Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all
generations?" --Ps. lxxxv. 5. "Linked sweetness long drawn
out." --Milton.
To draw over, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one
part or side for the opposite one.
To draw the longbow, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous
tales.
To draw (one) to or To draw (one) on to (something), to
move, to incite, to induce. "How many actions most
ridiculous hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?"
--Shak.
To draw up.
(a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in
writing.
(b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array.
"Drawn up in battle to receive the charge." --Dryden.
Syn: To Draw, Drag.
Usage: Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a
natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive
resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled
along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty.
Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in
advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it
commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or
provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general
or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say,
the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it
through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.
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To draw the curtain
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\ (k[^u]r"t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin,
curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina,
curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small
inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See
Court.]
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1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and
admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at
pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a
bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a
movable screen for concealing the stage.
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2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
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4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
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A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance.
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To drop the curtain
(gcide) | Curtain \Cur"tain\ (k[^u]r"t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin,
curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina,
curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small
inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See
Court.]
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1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and
admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at
pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a
bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a
movable screen for concealing the stage.
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2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
Ravelin and Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
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4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret.
Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
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A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
The curtain falls, the performance closes.
The curtain rises, the performance begins.
To draw the curtain, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the
performance.
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Uncurtain
(gcide) | Uncurtain \Un*cur"tain\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + curtain.]
To remove a curtain from; to reveal. --Moore.
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bamboo curtain
(wn) | bamboo curtain
n 1: an ideological barrier around communist China especially in
the 1950s and 1960s |
closing curtain
(wn) | closing curtain
n 1: the concluding part of any performance [syn: finale,
close, closing curtain, finis] |
curtain call
(wn) | curtain call
n 1: an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the
concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the
audience [syn: bow, curtain call] |
curtain lecture
(wn) | curtain lecture
n 1: a private lecture to a husband by his wife |
curtain off
(wn) | curtain off
v 1: separate by means of a curtain |
curtain raiser
(wn) | curtain raiser
n 1: any preliminary activity
2: a short play presented before the main play |
curtain raising
(wn) | curtain raising
n 1: the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the
opening received good critical reviews" [syn: opening,
opening night, curtain raising] |
curtain ring
(wn) | curtain ring
n 1: a circular ring for holding up a curtain |
curtained
(wn) | curtained
adj 1: furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies; "a
curtained alcove" [ant: curtainless, uncurtained] |
curtainless
(wn) | curtainless
adj 1: not provided with curtains; "blank, curtainless windows
stared back at her" [syn: curtainless, uncurtained]
[ant: curtained] |
drop curtain
(wn) | drop curtain
n 1: a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from
the flies; often used as background scenery [syn: {drop
curtain}, drop cloth, drop] |
iron curtain
(wn) | iron curtain
n 1: an impenetrable barrier to communication or information
especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used
by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation
between democratic and communist countries |
safety curtain
(wn) | safety curtain
n 1: a fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire |
shower curtain
(wn) | shower curtain
n 1: a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower
area |
theater curtain
(wn) | theater curtain
n 1: a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of
the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends
or closes between acts and at the end of a performance
[syn: theater curtain, theatre curtain] |
theatre curtain
(wn) | theatre curtain
n 1: a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of
the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends
or closes between acts and at the end of a performance
[syn: theater curtain, theatre curtain] |
uncurtained
(wn) | uncurtained
adj 1: not provided with curtains; "blank, curtainless windows
stared back at her" [syn: curtainless, uncurtained]
[ant: curtained] |
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