Indrawal

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of drawing in; an indraught. uncommon

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From in- + draw + -al.

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