† drawthn.
Obsolete.
1. A treatise on a particular subject. Cf. draw v. 86a.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun]
drawth1340
treatisea1375
commentc1400
treatc1400
treatyc1400
tract1432
tractate1474
disputationa1533
commentary1547
tractive1558
tractation1563
diatribe1581
examen1606
dispute1608
ergasy1637
hippiatrics1646
disquisition1647
dissertation1651
tractic1651
supernaturals1676
adenography1689
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 251 Þet ich habbe hier be-uore y-ssewed..ate ginninge of þe draȝþe of uirtue.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 260 Ich habbe ynoȝ yspeke ine þe draȝþe of vices huanne þet ich spek of þe zenne of glotunie.
2.
a. A draught or drink of liquid. Cf. draught n. 14a.
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a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 965 Whanne summe han dronkyn a drawth þei drepyn in a dale.
?c1475 in Brit. Med. Jrnl 24 Dec. (1938) 1325/1 Ffor wormis in a manys wombe take iii days fasting a drawth of swet mylke.
?a1568 J. Hall tr. N. Massa Cuer of Pox by Fuming in D. Power John Halle & 16th Cent. Consultations (1918) 4 Lett him take..a drawth of a capon broth.
1622 J. Heigham tr. Life Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus (ed. 2) xxxviii. 392 If thou knewest what grace and mercie the Sonne of God doth vnto thee, whilst he asketh a drawth of water of thee.
b. A mechanism used in drawing water from a well. Cf. draught n. 4.
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1467 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 20 The welle werke..with the drawth and the stoon werk.
c. The depth of water required for a ship or boat to float. Cf. draught n. 19.
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a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) xvi. 219 All directions..for the divers moulds required in shipping betweene our Seas, and the Ocean, as the drawth of water, high or low.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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