Drawth

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of drawing; a pull; draught.
  2. 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, [...]"

  3. 3
    A treatise.

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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, [...]"

Etymology

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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