Index of English words, starting with "dr"

(1) - Drawbridge (n.) A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal.

(1) - Drawcansir (n.) A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully.

(1) - Drawee (n.) The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer.

(1) - Drawer (n.) An under-garment worn on the lower limbs.
(2) - Drawer (n.) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in.
(3) - Drawer (n.) That which is drawn
(4) - Drawer (n.) One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; -- the correlative of drawee.
(5) - Drawer (n.) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer.
(6) - Drawer (n.) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom.
(7) - Drawer (n.) One who, or that which, draws

(1) - Drawing (n.) The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.
(2) - Drawing (n.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning.
(3) - Drawing (n.) The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.
(4) - Drawing (n.) The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn.
(5) - Drawing (n.) The act of pulling, or attracting.
(6) - Drawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draw