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† to-draw, v. Obs.
Forms: see draw v.
[Early ME. to-drawen, f. to-2 + draw v.; = OHG. zi-tragan, MHG. zertragen.]
1. trans. To pull apart, draw or drag asunder; to tear to pieces; to destroy by tearing apart.
c1205Lay. 2603 Heo..his leomen to-drowen & his hors al swa. a1225Ancr. R. 122 Ne to drauhð me þe eorðe? c1250Gen. & Ex. 191 Leunes and beres him wile to-draȝen. a1300K. Horn 181 His sloȝen and todroȝe Cristenemen inoȝe. 13..K. Alis. 4613 (Bodl. MS.) Lete non houndes me to⁓drawe. c1350Will. Palerne 2086 He schal be honged heie & wiþ horse to-drawe. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 877 How the naddir was y-slawe, That the grewhond hadde to-drawe.
b. fig.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 53 Heo..heom to-twiccheð and to⁓draȝeð mid ufele weordes. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 8729 Þo men miȝte..lybbe in Ioye & in riȝte, þat er were al to drawe. 1340Ayenb. 57 Þise ten boȝes..ydelnesse, yelpinge, blondinge, todraȝinge, lyesynges, vorzueriinges, stryfinge, grochinge, wyþstondinge, blasfemye.
2. In various other senses of draw v. (lit. and fig.); to draw or drag away, about, or out.
a1240Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 199 Nis hit ðe no wurðscipe þet þe deouel me to-drawe. 13..Cursor M. 28289 (Cott.) Þe gode vous..Broken ic haue or lang to-draun. a1400–50Alexander 5364 Þis baratour..Fand caratros & candoile at knyfes to-drawen. 1446Lydg. Two Nightingale Poems i. 256 On euery syde to-togged and to-drawe. |