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drawth

drawth noun: the act or process of drawing; a pull; draught.

Noun

drawth (plural drawths)

  1. The act or process of drawing; a pull; draught.
  2. That which is draughted or drawn; a draught.
    • 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
    • [...] and the steward's chamber and a drawth chamber with latrines, to the value of 100s.; [...]1928, Sussex Archaeological Society, Sussex archaeological collections
  3. A treatise.

Forms of drawth

pluraldrawths
alternative formdrawt

Origin of drawth

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

Questions about drawth

What does drawth mean?
Drawth means the act or process of drawing; a pull; draught.
What part of speech is drawth?
Drawth is a noun.
What is the plural of drawth?
The plural of drawth is drawths.

Words near drawth in the dictionary

  1. drawstopped
  2. drawstopping
  3. drawstops
  4. drawstring
  5. drawstrings
  6. drawth
  7. drawths
  8. Drawtober
  9. drawtube
  10. drawtubes
  11. drawworks

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