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fine-draw, v.
[f. fine a. and adv. + draw v. The stress is equal or variable.]
1. trans. To draw or sew together (two edges of a rent, two pieces of tapestry, etc.) so finely that the join is not noticed; to mend (a garment) neatly.
[1713: implied in fine-drawerbelow.] 1755in Johnson. 1756Rolt Dict. Trade s.v., It is now prohibited to fine-draw pieces of foreign manufacture upon those made in Great Britain. a1774Goldsm. tr. Scarron's Comic Rom. (1775) I. 83 Had not a bungling taylor advised him to get his hat fine-drawn. 1833Marryat P. Simple (L.), It was in my best pair of kerseymeres, but, thanks to the skilful little seamstress, I got them finedrawn. 1852James Pequinillo III. 196 Did you ever buy a coat without looking through it to see that it wasn't fine-drawn?
2. To draw out to minute fineness, tenuity, or subtlety. lit. and fig. Somewhat rare.
1761Churchill Rosciad Poems 1763 I. 57 Let wits, like spiders, from the tortured brain Fine-draw the critic-web. 1845A. M. Hall Whiteboy iv. 35 The rude but genuine hospitality was being fine-drawn in every direction.
b. intr. (nonce-use.) To execute elaborate variations.
1859G. Meredith R. Feverel II. iv. 44 To gentlemen and ladies he fine-draws upon the viol, ravishingly.
Hence fine-drawing vbl. n., the action of the vb., also concr. (see quot. 1888). Also fine-drawer, one who fine-draws.
1713Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 225 If you tare a piece of Muslin into two Pieces, and give it to one of their Fine-Drawers to set it together again. 1735Dyche & Pardon Dict., Fine Drawing, a..Way of mending Rents in Cloaths, a particular Part of the Taylor's Art, and commonly a distinct Employment. 1871G. Meredith H. Richmond lv. (1889) 524 Toss common-sense overboard, there's no end to your fine-drawings. 1883Almondbury Gloss., Finedrawer. 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Fine-drawing, the name of one of the sorts of long or combing wool, sorted out of the fleece. |