Meanings
- uncommonThe act of indrawing; an indraught.
Indrawal of Dust by Burners Eliminated by Running Special Duct Through Building to Convey Fresh Air from the Outside and Coupling Up High Pressure Gas at Various Points Throughout its Length
1916, American Gas-light Journal and Chemical Repertory, page 2123 more examples
This water was of black radiance, as are certain diamonds, […] centred (as it might be) with a bottomless indrawal. With that chill and dread upon me, and the sheer rock all around, and the faint light heaving wavily on the silence of this gulf, I must have lost my wits, and gone to the bottom, if there were any.
1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor, page 74[…] consider that indrawal of consciousness to a deeper subjective degree must needs be retarded by lingering affinities - it may be of affection, or it may be of sense - which detain the spirit,[…]
1885, Light, page 521Our spirits are supported by a perpetual indrawal of this energy, and the vigor of that indrawal is perpetually changing, much as the vigor of our absorption of material nutriment changes from hour to hour.
1912, Edwin Ash, Faith and Suggestion: Including an Account of the Remarkable Experiences of Dorothy Kerin, page 133
Origin
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