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▪ I. indrawing, vbl. n.|ˈɪnˌdrɔːɪŋ|
[in adv. 11 c.]
The action of drawing in.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iii. xv[i]. (Add. MS. 27944) lf. 23/1 Þe kepinge of þe kinde hete is a temperat indrawinge of coold aier. 1904R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia xvi. 147 The frock-coated officials..bow with ceremonious reverence and indrawings of the breath. 1904F. Lynde Grafters xxii. 280 His smile was a mere indrawing of the lips.
▪ II. ˈinˌdrawing, ppl. a.
[in adv. 11 a.]
That draws in or inward.
1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 122 Purposely described all the Northerne Islands, with the indrawing seas. 1886C. A. Young in New Princeton Rev. Jan. 51 The moon is continually moving faster and faster, as if upon an indrawing spiral which ultimately would precipitate her upon the earth. 1892Tennyson St. Telemachus, Borne along by that full stream of men, Like some old wreck on some indrawing sea. |