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Look up: Draw

  1. DRAW
    acronym: Direct Read After Write Animation System
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#

  2. draw
    [Verb] To be pulled in a particular direction.
    Example: The child was drawn to the bright lights and music.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  3. draw
    [n] - a gully that is shallower than a ravine 2. [n] - the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided 3. [n] - anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random 4. [n] - a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack 5. [n] - the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage 6. [n] - poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer 7. [n] - the act of drawing or hauling something 8. [v] - allow a draft 9. [v] - require a specified depth for floating 10. [v] - pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him 11. [v] - cause to flow 12. [v] - move or go steadily or gradually 13. [v] - bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover 14. [v] - take liquid out of a container or well 15. [v] - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc. 16. [v] - write a legal document or paper 17. [v] - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface 18. [v] - engage in drawing 19. [v] - in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher 20. [v] - move or pull so as to cover or uncover something 21. [v] - choose at random 22. [v] - make, formulate, or derive in the mind 23. [v] - select or take in from a given group or region 24. [v] - bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition 25. [v] - contract 26. [v] - reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die 27. [v] - steep 28. [v] - flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching 29. [v] - cause to localize at one point
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. DRAW
    Direct Read After Write
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab

  5. Draw
    Part of the mule cycle, where the spindles are pulled away from the rollers, stretching the roving as twist is also imparted.
    Found on http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/glosso.html

  6. Draw
    A configuration of the locking face of a pallet which causes it to pull the escape-wheel more tightly into engagement during the locking process, producing an infinitesimal recoil in the train.   The purpose of this is to prevent pallet and escape-wheel from slipping out of engagement,
    Found on http://www.horologia.co.uk/watchglossary

  7. DRAW
    Direct Read After Write. A recording technique that reads while writing in order to verify the written data. Optical disk storage is DRAW.
    Found on http://www.doconsite.co.uk/directorypage

  8. Draw
    To make a draw with livestock is to sort fat from thin, ewes from tups, etc. Drawing lambs for market would be to select those with correct weight and conformation.
    Found on http://www.lethamshank.co.uk/glossary/gl

  9. Draw
    To pull the bowstring back with the draw hand whilst holding the bow steady with the bow hand.
    Found on http://www.oldbasingarchers.co.uk/glossa

  10. Draw
    The number of newsstand copies that are distributed to wholesalers each issue
    Found on http://www.aweaver.co.uk/useful/glossary

  11. Draw
    Slang: Marijuana -Usage: 'I'm gonna get draw' - Other terms Weed, score, tens
    Found on http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_br

  12. Draw
    a sail that draws well is well trimmed or filled.
    Found on http://www.dinghysailinguk.co.uk/sailing

  13. Draw
    seeding of fencers to determine the bouts in a competition
    Found on http://www.britishfencing.com/British_Fe

  14. Draw
    seeding of fencers to determine the bouts in a competition
    Found on http://www.hpfc.org.uk/glossary.htm

  15. draw
    a) the difference in speed between two drive sections in a paper machine; b) the degree to which the web is stretched when passing between two drive sections in a paper machine; c) the manner in which the web is transferred from one drive section to another in a paper machine Category: Various industries and crafts • The cycle of operations from the start of the outward run to the fini...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  16. Draw
    The amount of progress billings on a contract that is currently available to a contractor under a contract with a fixed payment schedule.
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/

  17. Draw
    Are payments taken from a construction loan to pay subcontractors or suppliers.
    Found on http://www.understandingforeclosure.info

  18. Draw
    Draw (dra) transitive verb [ imperfect Drew (dru); past participle Drawn (dran); present participle & verbal noun Drawing .] [ Middle English draʒen , drahen , draien , drawen , Anglo-Saxon dragan ; akin to Icelandic & Swedish draga , Danish drage ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/119

  19. Draw
    Draw intransitive verb 1. To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well. » A sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind. 2. To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well. « The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to dra ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/119

  20. Draw
    Draw noun 1. The act of drawing; draught. 2. A lot or chance to be drawn. 3. A drawn game or battle, etc. [ Colloq.] 4. That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge . [ U.S.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/119

  21. Draw
    Draw transitive verb 1. In various games: (a) (Cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. (b) (Golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left. (c) (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the cente ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/119

  22. Draw
    Draw noun 1. The result of drawing, or state of being drawn; specif.: (a) A drawn battle, game, or the like. (b) The spin or twist imparted to a ball, or the like, by a drawing stroke. 2. That which is drawn or is subject to drawing.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/119

  23. draw
    standoff noun the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided; `the game ended in a draw`; `their record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  24. draw
    haul noun the act of drawing or hauling something; `the haul up the hill went very slowly`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  25. draw
    noun a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack; `he got a pair of kings in the draw`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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