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unˈdraw, v.
[un-2 3.]
†1. trans. To draw out, withdraw. Obs.
c1400Trevisa's Higden (Rolls) V. 373 Rosamunda..bonde so faste þe kynges swerd..þat it myȝte not be undrawe [MS. γ. y-drawe] out of þe scaberke.
2. To draw back (esp. a curtain); to unfasten by pulling.
1677Miége ii, To Undraw the curtains, ouvrir les rideaux. 1744Young Nt. Th. vii. 813 Death's inexorable hand Draws the dark curtain close; undrawn no more. Ibid. 1107 Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest iv, The door was held by two strong bolts. Having undrawn these, it disclosed a flight of steps. 1839Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 3) III. iii. 71 He undrew the window curtain, and sat in the window. 1872J. L. Sanford Estimates Eng. Kings, Jas. I, 324 In the cause of the Palatine..the purse-strings of the English people would have been willingly undrawn.
3. intr. To move back on being pulled.
1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xxxiii, Emily presently heard..the heavy chain fall, and the bolts undraw of a small postern door. 1845Browning How they brought the Good News 3 ‘Good speed!’ cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew.
Hence unˈdrawing vbl. n.
1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xix, She distinguished the undrawing of iron bars. |