| Drawl | v. i. To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Drawl | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Drawled p. pr. & vb. n. Drawling. ] [ Prob. fr. draw: cf. D. dralen to linger, tarry, Icel. dralla to loiter. See Draw, and cf. Draggle. ] To utter in a slow, lengthened tone. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Drawl | n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Drawlatch | n. A housebreaker or thief. [ Obs. ] Old Play (1631). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Drawling | n. The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl. -- Drawl"ing*ly, adv. Bacon. [1913 Webster] |
| Drawlink | n. Same as Drawbar (b). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Drawloom | n. 1. A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns; -- called also drawboy. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A species of damask made on the drawloom. [ 1913 Webster ] |
