outdrawnadj.
/ˌaʊtˈdrɔːn/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈdrɔn/, /ˌaʊtˈdrɑn/ rare.
Extended, drawn out.
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outdrawna1835
a1835 W. Motherwell Lord Archibald in Poet. Wks. (1849) 235 Swith pacit thai in be twa and twa, ilk wi his outdrawn swerd, And thai gang throu vaultit passages, albeit nae sound thay heard.
1856 M. B. Smedley Lays & Ballads from Anc. Hist. i. 33 They shook the ancient hall With the angry clash of their outdrawn swords.
1905 E. F. Benson Image in Sand i. 8 Bank after bank of out-drawn stops and keyboard coupled to keyboard makes the air thick with tumultuous melody.
1969 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 313 503 Qn is the component of Q along the outdrawn normal, and dσ is an element of area on the surface.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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