drawth

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noun

The act or process of drawing; a pull; draught.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

noundrawth (plural drawths)

plural drawths · alternative drawt

  1. The act or process of drawing; a pull; draught.
  2. That which is draughted or drawn; a draught.

    [...] and the steward's chamber and a drawth chamber with latrines, to the value of 100s.; [...]

    1928, Sussex Archaeological Society, Sussex archaeological collections
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    Besides, through the fame mens Judgments, she made all directions to pass for the divers Moulds required in Shipping between our Seas and the Ocean, as the drawth of water, high or low disposing of Ports, cleanly rooms for Victuals, [...]

    1652, Sir Fulke Greville, Life of Sir Philip Sidney

    [...] As to the actual and present state of the school, it has experienced since this 2 1/2 or 3 years a perceptible decline, on one side for want of European youths, and on the other thro the continual drawths from them, as whenever these youths had but half concluded their studies, they were included and placed directly under the military, [...]

    1930, De Indische gids

Origin

  1. Middle Englishdrawthe
  2. Englishdrawth

From Middle English drawthe, draȝthe, equivalent to draw + -th. Compare also Middle English draut, draught, draght, drauȝt, draht (“a drawth”). More at draught.

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