Indrawal
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
Example
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."
Etymology
From in- + draw + -al.
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