单词 | fine-draw |
释义 | fine-drawv. 1. transitive. To draw or sew together (two pieces of material or two edges of a tear) so that the join is imperceptible; to mend (a garment) neatly. Cf. draw v. 15. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [verb (transitive)] > mend fabric or clothing to make againc1384 stop1480 draw1592 darnc1600 to draw up1603 fine-draw1665 plain-darn1880 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > sew > repair or mend draw1592 darnc1600 to draw up1603 ranter1607 fine-draw1665 clobber1851 plain-darn1880 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > sew > sew together > finely or invisibly fine-draw1665 renter1699 ranter?1796 1665 J. B. tr. P. Scarron Comical Romance i. x. 62 He were best to have the Hat stitched, or fine drawn together again [Fr. rentraire]. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Rentraire To renter, or fine-draw. 1756 R. Rolt New Dict. Trade (at cited word) It is now prohibited to fine-draw pieces of foreign manufacture upon those made in Great Britain. a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) I. x. 83 Had not a bungling taylor advised him to get his hat fine-drawn. 1839 New Sporting Mag. July 16 Marmaduke..had split them [sc. breeches] at the knees, and having only one pair, had to wait till the maid got them fine-drawn. 1852 G. P. R. James Pequinillo III. 196 Did you ever buy a coat without looking through it to see that it wasn't fine-drawn? 1904 Leader (Dublin) 2 Apr. 92/2 I don't know anything that gives me greater pleasure than to fine-draw a tear so that it will never be noticed. 1932 Trans. Edinb. Geol. Soc. 12 9 He mended his own clothes, made his own stockings, and could ‘fine-draw’ with the art of a tailor. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [verb (transitive)] > make fine delicate1609 fine-draw1701 the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > make slender [verb (transitive)] attenuate1530 slender1559 tenuate1656 fine-draw1701 slim1862 slenderize1946 1701 E. Ward Three Nights Adventures 12 Fine-draw my almost exhausted Vigour to its finest Clue. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 165 To trim a ship, to load and equip her,..and do any small matter in repairing her, or to fine-draw the Plank or Timber. 1761 C. Churchill Rosciad 21 Let Wits, like Spiders, from the tortur'd brain Fine-draw the critic-web. 1845 A. M. Hall Whiteboy I. iv. 71 The rude but genuine hospitality was being fine-drawn in every direction. ΚΠ 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. iv. 44 To gentlemen and ladies he fine-draws upon the viol, ravishingly. Derivatives ˈfine-drawer n. Now rare (English regional in later use) a person who fine-draws material or garments. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > one who seamsterc995 sewster1391 sewer1399 seamstress1615 fine-drawer1702 stitch-man1710 sewist1867 feller1883 1702 J. Kersey New Eng. Dict. sig. K3/3 To fine-draw Cloth, &c. A Fine-drawer. 1714 Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 225 If you tare a piece of Muslin into two Pieces, and give it to one of their Fine-Drawers to set it together again. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Finedrawer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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