He cast him down to ground, and all along
Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse. Spenser.

He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. Sir W. Scott.

Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? James ii. 6.

The arrow is now drawn to the head. Atterbury.

The poet
Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. Shak.

All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart. Dryden.

The drew out the staves of the ark. 2 Chron. v. 9.

Draw thee waters for the siege. Nahum iii. 14.

I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet without drawing one drop of blood. Wiseman.

(b)

Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. Dryden.

How long her face is drawn! Shak.

And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee. J. R. Green.

A flattering painter who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. Goldsmith.

Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move,
Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power? Prior.

Clerk, draw a deed of gift. Shak.

Go wash thy face, and draw the action. Shak.

* Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its original sense, to pull, to move forward by the application of force in advance, or to extend in length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a bar of metal by continued beating.

To draw a bow, to bend the bow by drawing the string for discharging the arrow. -- To draw a cover, to clear a cover of the game it contains. - - To draw a curtain, to cause a curtain to slide or move, either closing or unclosing. "Night draws the curtain, which the sun withdraws." Herbert. -- To draw a line, to fix a limit or boundary. -- To draw back, to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation. -- To draw breath, to breathe. Shak. -- To draw cuts or lots. See under Cut, n. -- To draw in. (a) To bring or pull in; to collect. (b) To entice; to inveigle. -- To draw interest, to produce or gain interest. -- To draw off, to withdraw; to abstract. Addison. -- To draw on, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. "War which either his negligence drew on, or his practices procured." Hayward. -- To draw (one) out, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and feelings of another. -- To draw out, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread out. -- "Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?" Ps. lxxxv. 5. "Linked sweetness long drawn out." Milton. -- To draw over, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one part or side for the opposite one. -- To draw the longbow, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous tales. -- To draw (one) to or on to (something), to move, to incite, to induce. "How many actions most ridiculous hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?" Shak. -- To draw up. (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in writing. (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array. "Drawn up in battle to receive the charge." Dryden.

Syn. -- To Draw, Drag. Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty. Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say, the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.

* A sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.

The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. John iv. 11.

Keep a watch upon the particular bias of their minds, that it may not draw too much. Addison.

So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou drawest, swear horrible. Shak.

You may draw on me for the expenses of your journey. Jay.

To draw to a head. (a) (Med.) To begin to suppurate; to ripen, as a boil. (b) Fig.: To ripen, to approach the time for action; as, the plot draws to a head.